
Sonnet: Ovum
poppy seed sweet pea lentil blueberry raspberry grape kumquat lime plum lemon peach apple avocado turnip sweet potato heirloom tomato banana carrot cucumber English cabbage corn rutabaga grapefruit cauliflower pomegranate butternut squash acorn squash coconut jicama pineapple cantaloupe honeydew romaine Swiss chard leek watermelon—o small, sweet pumpkin settled in your hollow still, we could eat you right up, just scrape the seeds & roast them how now, sweetmeat, will you eat us too, aren’t you tired yet—o, how we call you, keep you home?
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Simply fabulous. Our next door neighbor’s seed sprouted 6 weeks early but is doing just fine.