Monday, February 23, 2009

Cud

Cows are ruminants, aren't they?  Like a cow, I prefer chewing to swallowing.  To "chew on something" is to think about it, to ruminate.   And what about Rumi?  A poem is a rumination, if there is such a word.

So, to follow through with the metaphor, cud is the result of ruminating, right?  

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