A Certain Platypus
There was a certain platypus
He lived in five mile creek,
Who (prompted by the latest trend)
Went vegan for a week.
He tried butternut pumpkin cubes
And purple eggplant too.
He prodded peas with spoon and fork
And sipped hot mushroom stew.
He crunched on juicy celery,
Gave artichokes a try,
Sautéed leafy silver beet,
And munched on broccoli.
No doubt the fare was healthy,
But it mostly went to waste,
For those nutritious vegetables
Just didn’t suit his taste.
So he returned to worms and such
To bugs and shrimp so fine,
And left the vegetables to us;
Omnivorous mankind.
Lynelle Kendall
- Inspired by Poetry prompt #9
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Hi Lynelle, love your sci-fi poem! It incorporates the science concept of a meat and vegetable eating omnivore, while still giving us an anthropomorphic fantasy of fun 🙂