Ushi-chan Hatsuharu (ushichan_haru) wrote, @ 2004-01-26 11:05:00

"I, Me, My Vegetable" ... two poems, done on assignment


Thin, green, translucent
Yet still opaque
A green bean with slight curves
I will call him... Carlotta.
It shall be a drag queen vegetable.
Spawned April 17th in the middle of the afternoon
The child of Carmina and Langston,
Both respectable legumes in their time
Finest patch of vines this side of the Rockies
A hearty few ounces of vegetable flesh
4 inches tall, 5 in heels
Resembling a ling, graceful finger of a pianest
Slightly damaged
when plucked from his home by a short man
Who came from a poor family
And tries not to keep it that way
A symbol of simplicity, hidden


Now, I was supposed to take that and relate someone I loved to my vegetable's history. Ummm.... Ehhh... I couldn't do that to anyone, so I chose me.


Like Carlotta,
My feisty pet green bean,
Fresh from the shelves
of a small town's
Main stream
Chain-spawned
grocery
I am simple.
But I hide,
deeper things inside.
Damages done, scars won
show on the outside
Graceful, if not awckward
Anyone could see inside
If not so dark
If they tried to seek
but could do so without injury


Yes, I WAS in a slightly bitchy mood... does it show?