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11 Year Old Farm Hands

11-year-old farm hands
David J Walker

What do the city kids do 
In the summer
We
	The 11-year-old farmhands
Don’t know
All we  know is
	Which end of the hoe 
Goes into the hard ground
And which end will blister 
	Our hands
Copyright © | Year Posted 2021

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