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Veggies Reimagined Newsletter · Aug 10, 2025

Kamikaze Corn: A poem

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Ripping a few pages from Veggies Reimagined, my poetry book on Amazon, due to an exciting personal request. To read the complete collection, buy the book via below link:

Veggies Reimagined @Amazon

He's all ears

For when the invaders arrive

His kinsmen guard with pride

without fears

of invading species of every bird

Known to his kernels

Of the wandering Human hand

And his luminous tractors

Chaaarge! He bellows

An iridescent fellow

Fires his device

The mice in hiding disperse

Escaping toxic fumes

The corn people return

The pesticide greeting

A field-wide explosion

Erupts from each maize seedling

So popped the kernels in glee

True kamikaze fashion

Under the command of Corn Quixote

Who retrieves acres of heaven

From the humans, who now flee

The rapturous grains

Corn Quixote standing guard. Original artwork by Rasika Sittamparam

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