A gentle breeze up on Rocky Flats

 Up on Rocky Flats T’was a pleasant day

The Hogan’s invited us and we said OK

Bill wanted a vet to come test his herd

Everyone comes when Bill says the word.

Now the flats are famous for their gentle breeze.

It blows down telephone poles and trees

We had been working with cows all morning

the wind would gust and without any warning

These gusts would kick up swirls of dust

It’d get in your eyes and then men cussed

Often someone’s hat would fly

You’d try to grab it as it flew by.

In the barn, the ladies had fixed us a treat

Windblown and hungry we were ready to eat

 “It’s time to eat lunch” we heard Bill Hogan say

We were lucky the wind hadn’t blown him away

While eating lunch, we could hear the wind gust

“That one was about eighty per” Leo discussed.

Sometimes the vent ln the barn would moan

It had a weird and eerie even scary tone.

When we were rested and lunch was done

Is was time to go back outside for more fun

Bill said “You should enjoy this fresh air it’s so great”

Lynn replied “It sure is if you don't hyperventilate

W. Munsell