Ode To Mushrooms

By Mushroom Montoya

Who would have thought

That the little fungi you bought

At your local grocery store

Would have such a high powered score

In the game of life.

Mushrooms, as you know,

Have the capacity to grow

In the harshest of environments,

Enhancing the elements

That surround them.

Do not be fooled by their size.

Most of you don't realize

Just how big they grow among us,

Like the 2,385 acre Humongous Fungus

Growing in Oregon

Although most can fit in your hand,

Some are bizarre and wildly grand,

Colored in vibrant iridescent hues

That boggle the mind, and remove the blues,

And make you wonder

As you fly out of your normal mind

Into a fabulous, incredible, unbelievable kind

Of made up, on the spot, world of rock,

Whose undulating, swirling formations talk

About the meaning of life,

Showing us paintings and scenes

Of mushrooms shooting out glowing light beams,

Who hug and tug jugs of sweetness,

Sloshing truths of tenderness

And love.

Mushrooms, as you know,

Have the capacity to grow

Just about anywhere they choose.

They conquer the world, and rarely loose

Their life's purpose,

Which is to awaken every girl and boy

To the abundance of joy

That is always at hand to share

With everyone, without care

That there won't be enough.