Caren Krutsinger Poet Free verse

I Ate Kale Once

What could I eat today? I wonder.
How about some kale? Suggests my roommate Under.
I’d much rather eat live mice, or an ink pen or bird pooh off a tree.
But I try not to say it, for it might seem mean of me.

I did eat it once. Accidentally and it was worse than it looks.
I know you don’t believe it, but I’d rather eat hooks.
Fish hooks, coat rack hooks, or hooks on a string.
Kale as a food is my very last thing.

Would you rather eat a nose? An ear? A baby’s bottom?
Who the heck are you? Oh….it’s my great grandma Autumn.
I’d rather eat a rat trap, a mouse nest, and a squirrel’s tale.
I’d rather eat almost anything than that horrible awful kale!

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M. L. Kiser March 6, 2021 at 11:24 PM I cracked up the second I saw the title of this piece. Personally, I do like Kale, especially in quiche. Caren, have some chips. Caren Krutsinger March 7, 2021 at 3:37 AM I have never tried it. It is green. That is enough turn off for me.

Gershon Wolf March 5, 2021 at 12:51 PM Kale has replaced broccoli as the '11th Plague' in one of my sons' opinion. It must be as awful as you describe it, Caren. Not going there myself. Caren Krutsinger March 6, 2021 at 1:32 PM I have never tasted it. This was a lie.