Without further ado:
Ode to the Potato
From the kingdom of Plantae
comes a crop I know of
Sit back and relax while I
profess my love.
Shapes and colors
and sizes galore
No possible choice which
snack I most adore
French fries and hash browns
are even good rotten
dumplings and pancakes,
potatoes au gratin
Mashed, scalloped, roasted
or cubes in a stew
baked or twice-cooked
or Chuno from Peru
Butter and sour cream
cheese curds and gravy
all these fun toppings
to make bellies grow wavy
Carbs and calcium
Vitamin E
Potassium, zinc
and vitamin C
They've been known to
grow abnormally large
Eighteen pounds even,
holy s***, carbs!
A bold statement, maybe...
I don't want to grapple
but I think potatoes
could be the new apple
We must give this starch
the credit deserved
(I mean, potatoes can even
be long-term preserved!)
Did you know the Columbia
shuttle gave them a place
to be the first ever crop
grown out in space?!
Potato blossoms were even
the fashion to get
by royals like
Louis XVI and Marie Antionette
Eco friendly and cheap
versatile without measure
The beloved potato
should be our national treasure.
xoxo
A. Lynden Rolland
