Kale

Most meaty of greens
Oh, how I fear you
As the new beef you are proclaimed
But what's wrong with the old one?
A power packed punch, of nutrition you may be
But instead, for some reason, you punch my sanity
For to the eye you appear, like an innocent lettuce
Yet somehow, you are most thick, heavy, almost like leather
   An alien plant
From a jungle on a far off world
Where the leaves grow so big
That they eat people alive!
Every time I eat you
I feel you should be eating me
I fear you will come alive, and devour me whole
A plant with blood pulsing through
It's leafy veins, seeking...
Vengeance
For so many a devoured kin

Reviews

[Bear]

Very creative and unique prospective, it made me smile and frown which is not as easy as some might think. Very interesting poem I really enjoyed it but the humorous side of me thinks you should have titled it Vegetarians Nightmare :~)

[Gee]

Lol,curly Kale,beautiful.Nice to read something other than the usual

[marcus]

thank you!

[Willard Wells]

Marcus I am so glad you read some of my work, which brought me to this gem. Funny funny stuff. I like your mind. A little off center. That helps to balance for all the "Normal" so called out there. I expect I will be coming back to read this just for the laugh. Description was over the top.

[marcus]

thank you so much Willard! Glad you liked it. Always like to mix some comedy in with the serious stuff. But Kale really does scare me!

[Willard Wells]

I said I would be back and just moments ago my GF was reading over my shoulder and I told her I had to read her the poem of "Kale". She also liked it and laughed with me.

[marcus]

Awesome!! apparently Kale chips are the way to go

[Willard Wells]

She said they pan fried them too.

[marcus]

mmm sizzling flesh

[Pushkar Prabhat]

Whoaaaa.......
i always worried that a tree would grow inside of me whenever i swallowed a seed .......now this......
i will die hungry.....
amazing poem!!!
i loved it!!!
:)

[marcus]

Hey, I used to worry about that too when I was a kid. Could be a poem, The seed, growing inside of us..

[Botania]

A man eating vegetables is rare, but a man writing poetry about it is, well, abstract. Nice! haha

[marcus]

I love, some, vegetables!

[andrew mitchell]

If the tables were turned heaven help us!!! a great read!

[jacob erin-cilberto]

i see allegory written all over this one...always afraid that life will turn around on us, and eat us alive...

things we don't understand often scare the beejesus out of us.

[marcus]

ah, very true! Thanks for stopping in Jacob!

[marcus]

I always love to hear your perspective on my work!

[Nadia Gerassimenko]

Ahahaha what an interesting and different perspective on Kale! I can understand your frustration with kale. I was like that at first. What is this weird leafy thing and why should I eat it? But it's quite a delicious and nutritional addition to whatever else you plan on eating. Just frying it a bit makes it so juicy and yummy. I also make kale chips sometimes by roasting them in the oven with some sea salt sprinkled...they're so crunchy!

[marcus]

My wife loves it also! I am trying to convert. It is definitely very healthy!!

[~]

ahaha :D loved this one. I HATE this leathery thing with all my guts, and will join you in any protest against it wholeheartedly!
EAT MORE MEAT!! lol :D