The Cowncil of Mu

The Cowncil of Mu
by
Robin Hall


A long time ago in the Kingdom of Mu
There were so many Cows no one knew what to do.

Each Cow family was more like a herd
And every day a new baby Muer stirred.

There were Cows on the hill and Cows in the dale
Cows on the road and Cows on the trail.

There were Cows on the farm and in the city too
Why Cows lived in penthouses as well as the zoo.

There were red Cows and white Cows and yellows and browns
There were doctor Cows and nurse Cows and plenty of clowns.

There were good Cows and bad Cows and Cows in between
There were Aberdeen Cows, Irene Cows, Jeans and Kathleens.

There were Cows named Hal, Willie and Fred
There were other Cows named Red, Jed and Ted.

There were smart Cows and dull Cows and some were confused.
There were more Cows than jobs was usually the news.

The Cows thought and they thought and they thought some more
Sometimes they thought themselves into a war.

One cow said, “Put a limit on growth.”
Another cow said, ”Just say no is my oath.”

The Cowncil of Mu met day and night
They had to find a way out of their plight.

And some elderly Muers and some of the young
They knew the danger. About this they had sung:

“Now the kingdom of Mu has beautiful trees. It has beautiful
lands and beautiful seas.

But when there are too many Cows and too little grass
When there is too little food to feed our mass,

When there too many Cows in too many a city
Beauty begins to die — its not very pretty.

Now ugly old greed is always a reason
So let’s make it a law — greed is treason.”

But the Law didn’t pass, who knows why?
So growth and greed continued polluting the sky.

One day Cows weren’t doing so much
They were all content to stay in their hutch.

They forgot how to laugh, how to play, how to think.
Soon their days were wasted with drugs and with drink.

As time went on most Cows slowly forgot
The Kingdom of Mu fell to decay and rot.

Cows could no longer think, play or laugh
Their intelligence fell by half, half, and half.

By now it must be plain to you
The Kingdom of Mu is now the kingdom of moo.

Then people came along and we have a chance
To have a nice place to work, sing and dance.

But too many people are like too many kine.
We MUST find an answer there just isn’t much time.

Some folks will think, “This doesn’t apply to me.”
But even now people are living from sea to sea.

And the oceans are dying at too fast a pace.
So wake up now and slow down this fast human race.

The End?