Romancing The Cucumbers Poem by Chris Embrick

She loved Summer cucumbers
they were her hearts delight
So I planted double the vines
but they withered with the blight
She knew peaches were my weakness
juicy, sweet with blush
But with such a rainy season
their beauty turned to mush
So both our hearts were saddened
seeking love's common ground
Until with serendipity
the answer to romance was found.

By chance at the grocery market
she noticed my shopping cart
And in her's too the crisp celery
good for the brain and heart
And so our conversation turned
our hope renewed for a quiet dinner
In this season of disappointment
hopes for romance all the thinner.

I tried romancing her with cucumbers
her peach cobbler won my heart
They're still on our grocery list
but now cool celery fills our cart
Happily, our romance has blossomed
despite a shortage of long cukes
Once the mere thought of eating veggies
was enough to make me puke
Oh, but how love changes one's appetite
Now, we keep the fridge well stacked
Who could have known celery to be
Nature's aphrodisiac.