A Texas farmer who lost all of his cattle in one foul swoop

Grass fed cows
a rarity
most of course are stuck inside
all day
but this farmer in Texas
knew the difference
and hoped with this investment
it would pay
the type was Tifton 85
a hybridized creation
man un kind is good at
thinking far above his station

imagining that he is god like
in his application
but actually he knows so little
and his realization
came when all the herd dropped dead
convulsing just like Hell
the grass had given off cyanide
after a dry spell

something in the structure
it was purported to be
but messing about with nature
really is the key
what has taken aeons to master
they believe
they can do in seconds
and so they do achieve

all sorts of strange misgivings
and now regrets are rife
all those cattle
poisoned
no way to lose one’s life
and why
nobody knows the answer
and how
who knows will we
ever get to the bottom
of what is a mystery