Émile-Charles Dameron, French
“Of Course She Likes It, Ma’am. We Bred This Cow To Give Capri-Sun,” Before 1908
Oil on canvas
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/// To experience real rustic charm,
three Parisians come Visit the Farm.
Raw milk’s flavor is prized,
but it’s not pasteurized,
and bacteria often does harm.
/// Heating milk to kill germs is effective.
Saving lives was Pasteur’s main objective.
Raw milk drunk at the farm
causes many no harm,
but the notion it’s safe is subjective.
/// Little Sofie is thirsty right now.
Asked for milk, warm and fresh from the cow.
Sips a bowl of the treat.
(She’d have sucked on a teat,
but that’s something Maman won’t allow.)
/// The way children in cities are taught’ll
give them knowledge about Aristotle,
but not whence comes their food.
The truth seems, to some, rude,
hence their children were nursed from a bottle.
/// Fancy clothes make it seem they are “slumming.”
Why dress up when you know you are coming
to a place with dirt roads?
Local humble abodes
smell like barns, though there’s no indoor plumbing.
/// Maman brought Sofie and young Pierre
here to breathe in the clean country air.
Back at home burning coal
took its dark smoky toll,
but these barnyard smells neither could bear.
/// To the milkmaid these three represent
the rich landlord to whom she pays rent.
This well-dressed woman’s spouse
owns the land and her house.
To their visit she had to consent.