<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=578166" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Screaming of The Corn</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The summer was long<br>The summer was hot<br>The summer was dry</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Days passed with<br>Not a cloud in the sky<br>And we had to water.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Everything that didn’t get water died.<br>The lawn dried up and blew away.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But the tomatoes grew and grew<br>And gave wave after wave<br>Of ruby red fruit.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">We ate tomatoes until our gums were sore<br>Than gave the rest away<br>Only to find, <br>come morning yet more.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The pumpkin vines grew across the yard<br>When the cat walked by<br>The tendrils rose up<br>Like snakes and hissed menacingly.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">We ate corn every day for a week<br>until the snap beans over powered<br>the corn stalks<br>breaking them down<br>Under the weight<br>Of fruit<br>And then we ate beans<br>And beans<br>And beans.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And the zucchini! ! ! <br>The fruit grew right in front of our eyes<br>Not even waiting for the decency of night.<br>To veil it’s obscene, priapic swelling.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">At night we prayed of the coming frost<br>And an end to this riotous fecundity.<br>But our dreams were filled with<br>feverish images of<br>Zucchini as big as zeppelins<br>Tomatoes the size of houses<br>And the screaming of the corn.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Allan+Thorne">Allan Thorne</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=578166" data-title="The Screaming of The Corn de Allan Thorne" data-description="The summer was long The summer was hot The summer was dry Days passed with Not a cloud in the sky And we had to water. Everything that didn’t get water died. The lawn dried up and blew away. But the tomatoes grew and grew And gave wave after ..."></div> </div> </div>

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