Pretty Geese On The Way To Market

I've had just enough time to...   see pretty geese on the way to market

Taken on the way to work one fine morning

One fine morning on the way to work

I saw three geese riding on a truck

That is nothing strange

Till they started talking

And I could understand what was said

“Yahoo! It is fun riding on a truck”

The others agreed in splutter and gurgle

“The kind farmer is giving us a ride

To the market in this fine pick-up truck”

“What is a market?” One asked

“It is what we live for, what we eat for”

The farmer told us “You’re such pretty creatures.

Raised to be admired.”

“Look at the poor guy at the wheel”

And they babble and blabber and blather

“He has to work to live because he is ugly!”

And they chatter and prattle and tattle

Then the light changed

And the truck moved and the geese

Were on their way and they called out

“Bye bye ugly, go to work!”

And their laughter echo all the way to the market…

The Pretty Milk Maid of Marjeyoun

I've had just enough to...   make friend with the milk maid's cow

Taken in the Muslim section of the town of Marjeyoun, a Lebanese town bordering Israel.

A rusty door opens with a reluctant creak

Who will emerge from its shadowy depth?

A large straw hat, light blue jeans and leather boots

A milk maid with her hand on her hips

And a smile bigger than her pretty lips

But where is the cow that follows the maid?

Strange I did not see it till my face was licked.