They're feeling quite tense,
Do they count humans
Jumping over a fence?”
The first lambs on the farm, heading for the paddock where chickens have been two rotations ago. This image of the lamb prancing behind the flock is what I imagine to relax and go to sleep at night. But does the lamb imagine ME jumping over a fence?
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— from the wonderful poem “When Sheep Cannot Sleep” by James Aitchison