The Veggie Lady
The veggie lady
grows ingredients in a garden
in a part of the heartland where the peckish
primarily crave pork and poultry
over pea protein and spirulina.
The veggie lady
sells her “social distancing snacks” out of
a sliding window on a multicolored bus,
brightening an otherwise empty parking lot
on eerily dreary spring afternoons
while suggesting singing Partridges
during the days of the plague.
As the Pied Piper of
plant-based well-being,
the veggie lady
encourages concerned consumers to locate
her vehicle and discover the pleasurable
treasure of sustainable sustenance never
blood-splashed
inside an abattoir,
perpetually promoting
the peaceful,
the perennial and
the renewable
in a way that's
as whimsical as it is
realistic.
©2020 Adrian Slonaker
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I really liked this! Great using of alliteration and assonance here, and I especially enjoyed the subject. I could totally see this lady and her bus in my mind’s eye. 🙂 Thanks for sharing this with us.
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