Crying Potato

11/5/2020

Born in dirt
in the darkness
total silence

Happily freed
welcome the light
thrilled by bird songs

Tumbled through cool water
placed alongside family
feeling their touch against his skin

Then violently shredded
cast into the pan of hell
mercilessly eaten

Much like the fate of his human cousins
life is cruel either way
quickly disposed of or withered and dried with age

Don't cry Potato
we all shrivel or swim in the same wretched grease
.... eventually

Please forgive me
even with this knowledge
I continue to love eating hash browns

Facker
May 3, 2021

6 Comments

SUSAN I SYBERT

5/4/2021 07:28:47 am

Hilarious..... I will use this saying!!

Bill link

5/4/2021 09:49:21 am

Thank you, Susan .. I'm glad you got a smile out of this one!

Mahalo, Merci, Thank You, y Gracias
Bill

Patty Cargill

5/4/2021 12:41:35 pm

One potato, two potato, three potato, four...

Ooh, Billy, fry on high
And eat some more!

What's ahappening, Bill?! Those taters "appreciate" sharing their earthly bounty, their earth dark minerals & vitamens, with us or if that'ts too anthro, let's say we sure appreciate them. I could go for a nice crispy latke right about now, w/sour cream AND 'apple sass' (grandfather's lingo)!

Best to you,
Patty
From: the Hinterlands of SW Virginney

Bill link

5/5/2021 03:36:01 pm

LOL Patty LOL ! Methinks you have a bit of spudulation in your soul ! Thank you for this "earthy" commentary.

Thank You, Mahalo, Merci, y Gracias
Bill

Cynthia Lewis

6/8/2021 10:29:12 am

GO FOR IT! Potatoes are the best food on earth (a mon avis). Have you ever dug down in the cool soil with your fingers to find small early potatoes? There you have the pleasure of planting, digging and eating them. As always, my best wishes. Cynthia. PS: Enjoyed your poem!

Bill link

7/19/2021 01:29:10 pm

Cynthia .. please forgive me for not responding to your comment prior to this .. how embarrassing !! As you've undoubtedly noticed .. my writing has taken second place to many, many things over the last year. I don't use "the virus" as an excuse, but so many other beans have been on my plate .. good beans! I do intend to write an informative post in the near future, but in the meantime please know how very much you and all other readers mean to this man. As always "Thank You" !

Gracias, Merci, Mahalo, and Thanks so Much !!
Bill

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