the cows were milking today
manure was everywhere
this is farm life
like a Robert Frost day
Norman Rockwell
paintings of hay
an old white church
Lutheran, with stained
glass windows
as apples fall to the ground
bees making a buzzing sound
the smell of manure
is not welcome by man
but God does not mind
it permeates the air
to show people
cows are alive
and attracts
money, veterinarians and workers
someone has to clean up the mess