The Sheep Breeding Man

In the flesh he is one you will not see today

Where all is quiet and dark his last remains lay

Predeceased by his wife by two years or so

Time eventually does become everyone's foe

In his farmlet as a breeder of prize winning sheep he did succeed

At many shows his animals won the open class and best of breed

In his once thirty hectare farmlet today families in brick homes do reside

That the housing needs of the increasing numbers change the views of some landscapes cannot be denied

His middle aged son to a building developer the land for a huge price sold

Money speaks every language as has been told

The change to a place that a decade does bring

But all changes as said are not a good thing

As a breeder of prize sheep in a class of his own

But nowadays few of his existence has known

Though in sheep breeding circles it is true now and then

His name mentioned among the great sheep breeding men

He lived for eight decades of time quite a span

And was known to many as The Sheep Breeding Man

In what was his farmlet one does not see or hear sheep today

Time brings with it changes life works on this way.