Pigs Feed

The best of British, rare breed taste,

Swine fever slaughter, loath to waste,

Quantity assurance - take out the stress?

Quality sacrificed, more or less!

No straw-sucking yokels in this field,

Porky Politicians’ stripe-suited shield,

Ham, Bacon, Sausages, lean pork chops

Canopies, trickle feed and feeding troughs,

Boars, Gilts, Weaners, brooding sows,

Slurry slopping silos - that’s the way it goes.

Farrowing crates, bungalows and arks,

Pig feed’s all you need to play in this park.

©Philip Holden

2003

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