Cheetos

[Cita]

This is a poem that came from a six I wrote months ago....


He's only two years old
but he already knows what a Cheeto is.

Knows what orange powdered cheese-food corn puff is
but never has pulled a carrot from the dark earth,
washed it off in the waterhose,
crunched into tender sweetness.

The words "corporate culture"
make a scream in my soul;
I wish for more black dirt,
more rain,
more imperfect carrots,
sun-warmed cherry tomatoes,
more fat cucumbers with prickles on them.

All of the two-year-olds in the world this morning,
tucked away in their square containers,
insulated from weather
and dirt
and cats with stickers in their toes
and earthworms that would squirm in tiny hands
and wind that would bite their cheeks
and overzealous dogs that would knock them down on their diapered bottoms,
eat sanitary chemicals,
unwrapped from plastic
served by caretakers,

Already bought,
homogenized,
recognizing that cheetah on the package
and the chemical burn on the tongue.

[Michael Solender]

this is so great and makes me so very sad..what has this world come to when kids think their food comes from the store - we have lost a very important connection to our lives- and most people don't even realize it. nice piece here a.

[mal]

Yes , I remember the imperfect carrots too,...A great save the world story ...

[AlluraG]

Fantastic! I remember carrots. I think more people should.

[Jeanette Cheezum]

Wow! Your mind is zipping to help save the babies and the earth and all good things.