How I Hate Spinach

 

My mother set it down

right in front of me.

A pile of big green goo,

the smell of it made me rech

My head stearted to feel all woozy.

I shook my head, to regain my focus,

and watched in horror

as my parents ate it by the forkful.

It's slimy

It's green

It's wet

It's wilted

It's gross

It's toxic

It's worse than nitro-glycerine

I had to eat it

or else I couldn't have dessert.

I slowly lifted a leaf into my mouth.

Just then,

my nose might have stopped working

my taste buds probably exploded.

It slid down my throat

all slimy and wet

And dropped

with a plop

Straight down to my stomach

My insides shriveled

My poor stomach curdled,

this was by far

the most disgusting on earth.

Leaf by leaf,

Leaf by leaf,

I slowly chewed and swallowed

As I finished, 

I envisioned  a great, moist slab of chocolate cake

With a buttercream icing(we had some, of course)

And I waited, practically drooling

My Mom walked in,

and I sucked in my breath in anticipation

When I saw

she had brought out...

A  BANANA.