SPINACH

Author: Rahmi Doğukan "Elaine" Candan, Boğaziçi University

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SPINACH

I didn't like spinach when i was a child

But I loved cars a lot

Mom told me if cooked enough

Cars would love spinach

I loved cars

Cars made black puffs

Mom told me when they grew up

Cars would love trees, and spinach

I loved cars

Cars made lots of R sounds

Mom showed me my toy car

And said it was of ancient spinach

I loved my toy car

Its wheels wheezed and spinned around

Mom was tired that day

She had the white fork

I loved cars, and i loved white fork

It would snap sometimes like

my old toy car

Mom said come now open your mouth

She made funny car sounds, with all the Rs

I didn't like spinach when i was a child

But I loved cars a lot,

Car was ancient spinach

It would eat grown up spinach

The white spinach came to me

With green black leaves around

I loved cars a lot

And the spinach was cooked enough