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Turnip

By Michael Karpati
turnip

Illustration by Allen B Thangkhiew

my heart is a turnip
grown to an absurd extent
a rutabaga wrested from the ground
with undue influence
dried and salted
stained with chemicals
and plopped on the shelf beneath a white light

a vegetable drowned in moist stench
a root plunged or thrusted
from dirt to air
ground to glass
to table and plate

when i serve it to you
i’m left to wonder if you’re eating it merely to crap it out again


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Posted On: May 11, 2023
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