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.
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.