Staunch workhorse
Solid, dependable
Never glamorous or racy
Trundling through seasons
Year after year.

Drawing the plough
Harrowing the furrow
Dragging the hay rake
Combustion engine
Pumping away.

Red Farmall
Green John Deere
Loyalties, generations deep
Billowing exhaust
Into thin morning air.

Slow-moving beast
Taking on earthy hues
Sinking into the acreage
Overcome by time
Finally idled.