David Walker Poet Rhyme

Zucchini In Hiding

Zucchini in Hiding
David J Walker
 
What am I supposed to do
With this HUGE Zucchini
That hid under the HUGE leaves
Of its mother plant 
For a month
Guarding it against a harvest
 
It is at last three feet long
And 10 inches around 
I think I could use it to
Pound tent stakes into
The ground
 
I see there are  recipes 
For Huge Zucchini
Stuffed with Italian sausage 
And mushrooms and cheese 
That looks like it could feed
An Army 
 
Or 
I could hollow it out 
To make a boat 
Assuming it could float 
 
Or
Grow another  and 
Carve both into those
Wooden Dutch boy shoes 
Or
I could have left it alone
To grow on its own
Big enough to 
Carve into a camper 
Attaching wheels and an awning 
Hooking it to the back of my 
Pickup truck
Registering it as the only
Zucchini Camper in the country
 
Next year I swear 
(as I always have)
To watch my garden with
More care 
And keep checking by the 
The hour  
When the Zucchini’s start
To flower in the morning
By night it may be too late
And as fate will have it
I will discover another 
Huge Zucchini in hiding

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Jan Allison October 27, 2020 at 9:07 AM oh i had to giggle David as I too have found courgettes hiding and turned into a massive marrow ... i only grow the courgettes for hubby and son as i dont like them. If it was left to me a massive marrow would be used as a door wedge lol:-) hugs jan xx David Walker October 27, 2020 at 11:24 AM Thanks, Jan. I love gardening. I grow tomatoes, I take care of tomato plants, I pick tomatoes, but I hate fresh tomatoes. I can't eat them at all, never have been able to. I do all that for my wife, who loves fresh tomatoes but did not grow up a gardener. Now that's Love LOL