Omelettes

The milkmaid met the farmer
at the annual livestock ball.

He noticed her eyes
as big as ostrich eggs
across the crowded room.

He followed her to
the cider counter
"make that two"
he told the shephard
tending bar.

Her stories from the milking shed
made him laugh out loud
the time that as a girl she trained new born calfs
to do sommersaults.

When it got late
he told her he had to leave
- he got early to collect freshly laid eggs.

They left together
went back to his barn
and made omelettes.