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POEM OF THE MONTH, June 2005 |
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Written by Cynthia Hwang
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Tuesday, 31 May 2005 |
The Potato Manifesto
How long has our kind been marginalized
Ostracized at supermarkets
With a dismissive wave of hand
As poor folks' food
My origins are humble
But like me the Truffle also comes from the ground.
I’m the butt of jokes, derided,
Likened to lazy sit-abouts -- "couch potatoes."
My skin devoured with beer by potbellied men of no distinction.
So I issue a call to you, many-eyed brethren
Fellow discontents and maltreated Amer-potatoes
to migrate to Russia
where, blended together, we will be appreciated
in fine-aged
vodka.
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