Growing Up With Vegetables

Because we were poor
as children
we used peas to play marbles.
We used onions as baseballs.
We bowled cabbage heads
at carrot pins.

When we ate
we ate with remorse,
remembering each toy
as if it was a parent.

Jason D. Smith

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