26
Jun
08

the potato the passion fruit

I once found a potato
shaped like my head
I showed it to my lover
and this is what she said:

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“Taters have more vitamins
than the greenest celery stocks;
plug two wires into a ‘tater
and you can power a clock.

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Cut one in half..
remove a broken light from a socket
The miraculous potato
always keep one in your pocket.”

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So I planted my potato
(the one that looks just like me)
in my victory garden ..and waited…
for my new growing potato tree.

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I shall soon have plenty of potatoes
(that look just like me)
and after ‘tater tree pickin’
I shall bring them, my love,… to thee.

~


3 Responses to “the potato the passion fruit”


  1. 1 Todd Ehlers
    June 26, 2008 at 11:05 pm

    Fun. I liked its whimsy quality.

  2. July 11, 2008 at 8:52 pm

    I never thought the word ‘potato’ could be beautifully placed in a poem. You made it sound more romantic than the word ‘moonbeam’.

  3. 3 chris
    July 21, 2008 at 7:42 pm

    Well, is there anything as romantic as a tuber?

    Thanks guys for stopping by.


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