In my fantasy,
I am fruit,
envying the crunch of apple,
the zest of lemon,
the sweet of berry,
the exotics of guava.
Instead I live among
the ooze and slime
of vegetable.
I’m used to the shudders
and cold shoulders,
the conceal of coat and fry,
buried in gumbo.
The polite call me
mucilaginous
or glutinous,
but I know what I am.
One day the world
might discover me:
small and green,
furry and loveable,
a joy to the pallet,
the in vogue beauty
on the plate.
(After Jeremy Paden’s prompt, sort of)
I might be in the minority, but I LOVE okra…..I’m sure I’m in the majority, however, when I say I LOVE this poem!🙂
Thanks, Amy. I don’t eat much okra, but it called out to me for this poem.
“the in vogue beauty/ on the plate”–what a magnificent cap! Great poem!
Terrific over all effect. Love the first and last stanza. I must admit that ‘ooze and slime’ and mucilaginous and glutinous’ are a bit hard to swallow but that’s the point isn’t it. Sorry, couldn’t resist the pun. Nice work.
Allison, I love the turning away from the glamorous fruits to the slimy vegetables! I love the anthropomorphism.
” but I know who I am” is priceless… no one can buy that knowledge by the pound in a farmer’s market…
Some one once dedicated a poem to me; the poem was about the beauty of the okra plant. It
IS a lovely plant but I couldn’t’ help thinking the poem had a double edge. This poem, however, is unequivocally tasty. Great music in the language.
Great details make this vegetable “human”
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