Bad Pets

Song Cycle by Paul Salerni (b. 1951)

1. Golden retrievals
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
Fetch? Balls and sticks capture my attention
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2. The Cow in Apple Time
 (Sung text)

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Something inspires the only cow of late
To make no more of a wall than an open gate,
And think no more of wall-builders than fools.
Her face is flecked with pomace and she drools
A cider syrup. Having tasted fruit,
She scorns a pasture withering to the root.
She runs from tree to tree where lie and sweeten.
The windfalls spiked with stubble and worm-eaten.
She leaves them bitten when she has to fly.
She bellows on a knoll against the sky.
Her udder shrivels and the milk goes dry.

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3. Alley Cat Love Song
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Come into the garden, Fred
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