pastoral fantasy

on a three-legged milking stool

Image: Wikimedia Commons, Yeend King creator QS:P170,Q21453404 , Henry John Yeend King (1855–1924) — Milking Time — N01673 — National Gallery, marked as public domain

she wonders
about a milkmaid’s life
if that might be a happier path
yet Edna buys her milk
at Safeway

Thanks to Ana-Maria Schweitzer, Kathy Jacobs, Harper Thorpe, and the Chalkboard team for the one-line prompt “milk:”

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