Cauliflower is Undefeated
(This poem was based on the first chapter of Boot, The Kootchie is Undefeated. After a discussion on the viability of Kootchie being an inappropriate word for poetry, being too tangible, it was decided that Cauliflower would be a suitable substitute. Like the Kootchie, Cauliflower is not often romanticized in poetry.)
Eve took a bite from that apple
And turned the world upside down
Didn’t take a New York minute
For Adam to follow suit
And just who was it
That opened Pandora’s Box?
And why?
Maybe it was to get Epimetheus off the couch
Cleopatra tamed the mighty Caesar
Had that Roman st-st-stammering,
Then turned iron hard Antoninus
Into a wiggly worm
Jesus, hanging from that tree
Looked down and who did he see?
It damned sure wasn’t dad
It was mom
Such is history
Napoleon and Josephine
Edward and Wallis
Juan and Eva
Gertrude and Alice
Maybe old Sojourner told the
Truth
Cauliflower is often scored upon but
Cauliflower is Undefeated