Weighing Plain Vs. Showy Veggies When Hungry
Unlike its giant cabbage cousin,
the Brussels sprout’s so small, compact,
you can tote them in your pocket. Fact:
one easily can eat a dozen.
Great taste (unless they’re overcooked).
One relative, though, looks ornate
as fractals — its most striking trait —
a vegetable that’s got me hooked
called Romanesco cauliflower,
whose inflorescence can enchant
me so, it is the sort of plant
I’d rather gaze at than devour.
How can I bite a life whose shape
is mathematics at its height?
I bless you, Brussels sprout. I might
well starve without you, mouth agape.
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