SPINACH

SPINACH

chopping spinach
jungle green,
anaconda green
deepest
   darkest Popeye
spinach green
than
you have ever seen

and so
hacking slicing my way
through a thicket
of stalks and
leaves

my weapons of choice:
bush knife; machete

every lost finger
sacrificed to the cause
of green cuisine
    to be stored in the fridge
whereupon mailed
to the temple

where sweet vegetation gods
will do their utmost best
to receive
     as tribute, sew
back together