Tuesday, October 31, 2023

To Be a Farmer

Must be cool to be a farmer.

(Well, except for all the work!)

Having produce at your fingertips

Would be a lovely perk.

 

Feeding chickens, brushing horses,

Waking up to milk the cows,

All sound great within the fantasy

My urban mind allows.

 

Wearing flannel shirts and Carhartt’s,

Picking crops and baking bread,

Trading subways, cabs and buses

For a tractor ride instead.

 

Oh, I know I’m being foolish;

Farming’s not a lot of fun

And it takes the kind of labor

That’s not meant for everyone.

 

But from days of “Old MacDonald,”

When I think about a farm,

I don’t focus on the grunt work,

Just the hype of all its charm.

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