INVASION OF THE ALIEN LETTUCE:
A Response by Some Ancient Venerable Vegetables 

	Warning!
	Mutant vegetables from outer space
	are invading our blue-green planet
	& there's no escape
	for anyone clinging

	Some will be transformed into fiery peppers
	whose acerbic acids spawn cancers
	around the world

	Others will turn into puffed-up potatoes
	whose rancid roots burst
	from piquant, liquid cores

	Still others will mutate into noxious ivy
	itching for relief
	from an emptiness they abhor

	Only a few garbanzos & lentils
	rooted in bean-nature
	will be unfazed by what comes:
	no matter how weird the garden appears
	some beans stay grounded
	to ancient bedrock
	&
	even if
	diced, fried, or grated
	they calmly face everything
	undaunted by sharp knives of logic
	or kitchen flames


Kasim:  Aliens from outer space? That sounds weird!

Will:   Actually, we are the aliens. We need to merge the consciousness of this planet 
        to our consciousness to promote peace.

Kasim: (farting loudly) How can you merge the consciousness of a whole planet into a single human brain?

Will:  We are more than our brains . . . and mergers and acquisitions are happening at the cosmic 
       level all the time.

Kasim: (sarcastically) Dang! Haven't you been reading too many weird comic books?

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from How Weird: Out of the Box of Expectations by T Newfields
Summary:  A dystopian poem about avaricious greed and the wisdom of non-attachment.
Keywords: mutant greed, avaricious desire, non-clinging

Author: T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ] (b. 1955 - ?)
Begun: 2008 in Tokyo, Japan   ☆ Finished: 2021 in Shizuoka, Japan
Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}} Granted

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