Why would sheep count humans?

Why would sheep count humans? why would they care?

But if they did,

Would they just count the people that raise them

or would they count people everywhere?

Would they count the monsters that slaughtered their lambs

and wish someday would die?

or would they count the sweet little kids

that shared their cherry pie?

Why would sheep count humans? wouldn’t that give them a fright?

Humans raise them for their selfish deeds,

Humans are too scary to think about at night!

There are better things to count

like the clovers that grow on grass

or the number of wild birds sitting by the lake

or the number of tractors that pass.

Sheep could count the sunkissed marigolds

that grow near the meadow’s fence

or the horses prancing by, doing their happy dance.

They could count the flowers on forbs,

their favorite meal of the day

as the play and munch and chew

all their inflicted sorrows away...