Hasn’t been an easy ride.
You see alpacas aren’t judgemental,
And goats don’t take the mick,
And pigs and sheep don’t badger you
For being dyslexic.
They help to normalise anxieties,
Build the confidence to achieve;
They encourage us kids to integrate
And in ourselves believe.
They’ve been called iconoclastic;
Revolutionary; unique,
We’ve got all we need to make this work,
It’s just the ground space that we seek.
Save The Farm! Save The Farm!
With the alpacas we’ll stand tall
Save The Farm! Save The Farm!
Hear us all at Hope Farm call!
Save The Farm! Save The Farm!
Stand up for what you know is right,
So the work we do can con-tin-ue
Come join us in this fight.
There are people who depend on us;
We won’t go down without a fight,
But we’re an independent entity
And our finances are tight.
There’s animal feed and vet bills,
Day-to-days, and at some stage,
Molly would like to draw herself at least a living wage.
So if you’re rich and fancy helping us,
Or you’ve got some land to spare,
Or if you know anyone else who has,
Who could be convinced to care,
Then get in touch; we’d love to hear, or share my video,
On all your social media and with everyone you know!
Save The Farm! Save The Farm!
With the alpacas we’ll stand tall
Save The Farm! Save The Farm!
Hear us all at Hope Farm call!
Save The Farm! Save The Farm!
Stand up for what you know is right,
So the work we do can con-tin-ue
Come join us in this fight.
Acknowledgements
To Donna and Paul Eccentric for all the help with this book and for perfect poems, friendship, tortoise traumas and really excellent afternoon tea.
@PaulEccentric
To all the team – human and otherwise – at Animal Antiks for continued help with my research.
@animal_antiks
And to Caenhill Countryside Centre for extra inspiration. We watch their morning ‘rush hour’ on Twitter to start every day with a smile. Do check them out.
@caenhillcc
The poet who Lucas is so keen on is Harry Baker – very clever and entertaining – and I admire him just as much. His website is simply HarryBaker.co (that’s not a mistake!) and is worth a look. You can also see some of his fabulous performances on YouTube.
@harrybakerpoet
www.facebook.com/harrybakerpoetry