Shroomacow

a single herd of
Farmer Morel's cattle
wondered off into a
jungle last year

when the bovines
returned, knowing they
had been in a forest
fungal was clear

their hides were
glowing luminescent
from rubbing against
many a foxfire

and each took on
some rather strange
hues, ravaged from
any a pox so dire

upon their heads
sprouted overnight
a fright of 'shrooms:

cloisters of oysters
corrals of chaparrals
and "load-fools" of toadstools

cattle calls vacated
the farm as the herd
was waylaid by
champignons' pow

yet one bovine
"high-brid" lived on
Farmer Morel named it
Tri-shroom-a-cow

unlike the others,
she bore only three
of the fungi upon her
broad roof and brow

and as some sporing
beings do, she gave
birth to none other than
Quad-shroom-a-cow