bulls poem # 11
american breeders service the
largest artificial insemination
co in the world is writing its
history ABS began as wisconsin
scientific breeding institute my
dad was on the original board
I was a big-eared little pitcher
guess who they’re asking for any
remembered early bits! I just was
given the A-plus tour of current
AI at the wis headquarters thrust
my feet into a booties dispenser
wore booties in the germ-free
labs: scientists intent over slides
and computers; wore coveralls in
the barns plus rubber boots can’t
risk disease to million-buck bulls
happily munching haylage (that’s
fermented hay, corn silage, minerals,
etc) after performing their daily task
(filling sterile rubber flasks with
valuable seed after suitable stimuli)
could now relax till exercise regime
yoda is one – kenobi, – skywalker –
achiever – well, that one lives up to
his name – on the “100 best” holstein
honor roll he has 33 sons but has an
attitude maybe justified I could write
pages more about this grand visit but
will end with a few more bully names:
big flavor, jigsaw, firefly, uhaul, zion,
sunkist, escape, outback, and little joe
©2018 Jacqueline Jackson
This article appears in Jan 18-24, 2018.
