Milking on my farm

• Bradley Smith, Grade 8
• Poetry
• 2004

up and down all around
squeeze the teat make it squirt
milk splashes
on my shirt
tug and press
down and up
creamy creamy streams
4 a can and a cup
custards and puddings
ice cream and some cheese
bring the big bucket
down to my knees milk the calvs
taste the tides
praise the calf
and his in and outsides