Caren Krutsinger Poet Prose

I Wanted To Be Like Popeye

I have to have it! I told my mother
Because I wanted to be Popeye
I wanted to develop those arm muscles
I wanted to save the day, and fight the bad guys

My mother finally broke down and bought it.
Canned spinach. I could hardly wait to gulp it down.
Wait a second! YUCK! 
I did not eat spinach for years after that.

Finally ate fresh spinach 
Accidentally 
in a spinach salad
This was nothing like the canned

Popeye had never indicated the truth.
Canned spinach tastes like spit out baby food.
Nothing would ever help me believe Popeye again.

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Gershon Wolf June 12, 2022 at 7:02 PM Well, they had to come up with something to get kids to eat their spinach! Caren Krutsinger June 13, 2022 at 1:59 AM I will NEVER eat it again! NEVER!

Mystic Rose Rose June 11, 2022 at 12:38 PM lol fresh is always best, the media sure loves to sell us a fib dear friend, hope all is well, hugs :) Caren Krutsinger June 11, 2022 at 10:57 PM Sure does Mystic Rose Rose

Ilene Bauer June 11, 2022 at 11:32 AM ha! i convinced my mother to buy maypo cereal because of the commercials and she forced my (and my brothers) to eat it, despite the fact that we all thought it was VILE! i would have felt that way about canned spinach, too, if my mother had bought it. (i do like fresh spinach now, though) Caren Krutsinger June 11, 2022 at 10:58 PM I remember Maypo - not a fan either.

L Milton Hankins June 11, 2022 at 10:44 AM I agree! Took me years to appreciate spinach in a salad. Still today, sometimes, I tell the server leave the spinach out of my salad. Popeye lied! Caren Krutsinger June 11, 2022 at 10:58 PM I don't mind fresh but that canned stuff - I will never eat that again!