Tagged: poem

it’s never quite clear

it’s never quite clear
whether a radish should be
used or not – we test

its versatility by
relying on a discount
.
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the vegetables that

the vegetables that
woo our parents are not as
sophisticated

as the ones that woo us today –
and still, a bacon strategy
.
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in the debate

in the debate
about walls, PhDs, and
getting in line,
we become
husks of ourselves,
pitted against
one another,
flammable
.
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it’s likely we enjoy

it’s likely we enjoy
small obsessions
as evolved humans,
like that time
we turned slightly
orange during our
carrot binge
.
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i always worried

i always worried
that i wouldn’t know how to
pick the freshest, sweetest,
ripest vegetables when
it came down to it,
standing in front of
a pile of greens, reds,
oblongs. in between
snippets of conversations
with fellow shoppers,
even ones who look like
they’re on a mission,
i finally realized
it’s mostly guesswork
.
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time shows up at the

time shows up at the
grocery store – the summer
squashes, plump berries,

a discount on anything
grilling-related, a stuck queue
.
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if potatoes, then

if potatoes, then
deliciousness – there is only
a small number of

if-then statements that remain
true nine-tenths of a casserole
.
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