Eulogy For a Pea

How ignoble Such a pretty thing So petite So round So shiny green I'd opened a bag of mixed vegetables Careless with the knife It rolled away All by itself Along the outer edge of the counter Fell without sound on the floor Just a pea I thought Nothing more So I finished making my salad Lettuce Carrots Onions Celery Peas Yes many many peas Except.... Except the one forgotten On the floor I thought to look Put aside the dish Squish! I barely felt it Barely felt that little pea Under my foot Then suddenly! Despair That poor little pea Separated from friends Smashed to pulp on my dirty kitchen floor What an ignoble end