Ode to Clark Farm

Wall Street and U.S. cars are safe for now,
but no one cared about the cows.
The bail-outs are a shot in the arm,
But no one cared about the small farm.

They're closing up after 61 years,
too tired to go on amidst all the fears
of low milk prices and high equipment costs
so the end is now, and all is lost.

Sable and Daisy have left their stalls,
says farmer Jon Clark who birthed them all.
He can't bear to go into the barn,
just sits on the stoop, spinning yarns.

The bank won't make another loan,
so all they can do is sigh and groan
as they pull the cows up into the truck
and send them off to who knows what.

So when you drink your milk today,
raise that finger to those paved the way
for one less farm in the New York hills,
and know the world's lesser for its ills.

-B

http://blog.bedlamfarm.com/index.cfm/2009/4/27