The complex taste of the potato
is seldom recognized as such.
More often what its earthen state owes
becomes suppressed by dips too much.
They are no fruit with sugar ripe
that drips with juice and richer scent,
but of a duller tuber type
because life was in darkness spent.
Its quality for our nutrition
ranks high with carbs it concentrates.
Therefore it turned out our mission
to eat it in a hundred states.
