09-20-2011, 07:24 PM
The title got me 'cause I grew up on small farms in Washington (apples) and Southern California (Oranges) so I came to your poem with some nostalgic feelings, but as I plowed through the polemic I was brought back to reality and in 2011 the numbers don't crunch for most small farmers. But I still love the dream so I enjoyed the snipes at Minnesotans with matches and Cargill (your third stanza critter slurry is genius funny). I give you a C for the politics and an A for the way you put words together and the humor.