Just A Farmer

• Sarah Kidman, Grade 9
• Poetry
• 2019

Just a farmer you say,
And I laughed because I know
All the things that farmers Must be able to do
They must study the land, And watch the skies
And figure out just when, Is the right time and why
To sow to plant,To buy to sell
To go to the markets, With cattle as well
And you now the books, That farmers must keep
To pay all those taxes, And be able to sleep
And you know the fixes, That farmers must do
When machines like mad monsters
Blow a gasket or two
I guess when God needed
Folks to look after his Earth
He chose ‘just farmers’
Because he knows their true worth.