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# The Unpopped Kernel
- URL: https://www.hawkword.com/poetry/the-unpopped-kernel/
- Published: 2025-11-21T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-21T12:00:00.000Z
- Description: Unpopped kernel: a riddle. Were it snug in the middle or confined to one side, that might rescue its hide.
- Author: A. Gee
- Tags: Poetry, Allpoetry Import, #Import 2026-04-25 19:56

Unpopped kernel: a riddle.  
Were it snug in the middle  
or confined to one side,  
that might rescue its hide.

But the rascal pulls through  
as its brethren pop,  
split, and sometimes in two...  
Will the microwaves stop

just before its demise?  
Every kernel must yearn  
for that kind of surprise.  
Add more time: it will burn.

And its skin: oh so thin  
but its will is like steel.  
Watch the countdown begin.

Unpopped kernel...

no meal.

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