[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 157 (Wednesday, October 11, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1914]
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                            ACROSS THE ROAD

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                             HON. MIKE WARD

                              of kentucky

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, October 11, 1995

  Mr. WARD. Mr. Speaker, last Sunday, October 1, I participated in the 
Farm Aid Town Hall Meeting in my district of Louisville, KY. Along with 
gaining very insightful information from our Nation's farmers, I had 
the privilege to hear Katie Godfrey, a 10-year-old from Powersville, 
MO, read a poem in which she describes a hog-raising operation near her 
home. I hereby request that her poem is printed in the Record as 
follows:

                            Across the Road

     Across the road is no place to play
     The smell is so bad, it smells everyday
     Across the road is a pool of waste
     The smell stings my eyes like I've just been maced
     Across the road, they pollute the creek
     The smell is enough to make you sick
     Across the road they dump waste over the side
     They put out their hogs after they've died
     Across the road they've begun to build on
     The fans keep us up from dusk 'til dawn
     Across the road they bring grain by the load
     I can no longer ride my bike on the road
     Across the road the pigs are noisy when they sell
     All my friends feel sorry for me because of the smell--
     Katie Godfrey.

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