From mcintyre@mcmaster.caSat Feb 27 09:49:34 1999
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 1998 14:27:59 -0500
From: "M. McIntyre" <mcintyre@mcmaster.ca>
To: ecolab@julian.dac.uga.edu
Subject: The Death of Mr. Potato Head

The creaky cellar stairs
  that led down to "The Bin"
The devil always waiting there
  the eyes stare back again.
Hands submerged in rot and soil
  plucked up from the ground
Wary of the spider's web
  always lurking round
The breathless dashing up the stairs
  the pot full-clunking sound
The peeling, paring, boiling
  and then the mashing down
Or mushed into a pancake
  purple, oxidized
Floured, onioned, battered
  and sizzled down to size
The treasure waiting always
  when harvest finally done
Buried deep within the fire
  maple-flavored, done
Blackened lumps of coal black food
  dug from fire died
Burst open in our fingers
  snow white and hot inside
I know I should be sorry
  for all that he has felt
But I'm glad that he has died for us
  when the butter starts to melt.

Enjoy, Marilyn
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Marilyn D. McIntyre, Chair's Secretary
Department of Chemistry, ABB-156
E-mail: mcintyre@mcmail.cis.mcmaster
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