Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Highlanders

Highland cattle have long held court,

Embodiment of the wild heart

Of Scotland as a rugged sort,

Beautiful beast as much a part

Of rolling hills and heather where

These shaggy furred bovines have grazed

In time and place for eons there.

Of folklore and fact they've amazed

All who are fortunate enough

To connect with them, past and now,

And sense that beneath all their rough

Is a bond with humans somehow.

"Heilan coos" affectionately

Known by the Scots, and treasured be.