Ode to Peanut

 

One day in a can

Next to my grandfather’s chair

I look at all the others

I want to be a peanut

I want to be salty

I want to make your beg for water

Like you’ve never tasted me before

And I promise

I’ll tell you you’re the worlds

Greatest person

Yes I’ll risk being eaten

Just let me be a peanut

Wedged in this can of other peanuts

Salt glazed over me

Like a tsunamis waves

Drenching everything in its path

You look over me

And see which one

To pick out

And eat.