Eat Your Vegetables

• Alina Ta, Grade 10
• Poetry
• 2014

Eat your vegetables or they will eat you,
Believe me, it’s not a hard task to do.
Haven’t you wondered where they’d go if you don’t gobble them up?
They’re the things you’d think would go down your kitchen tub.
But no, in the night, from the plate they'll creep away
And at night while you sleep, under your bed they will stay.
And while you drift off in an oblivious sleep,
While you dream of unicorns and count off sheep.
They'll sharpen their cutlery, fork and knife.
They'll starting wondering which part of you is best to bite.
And piece by piece and toe by toe,
They'll finish you off before anyone knows.
So eat your vegetables before they eat you,
Or you'll soon find out that you’re on their menu.