The Dreadful Aminita

Ya never oughtta eat-a
That dreadful aminita
Stomach goes a quakein'
Heartbeat he's a shakin'
Eyelids won't awaken
An' ya body starts a breakin'
Ya know
that I'm not makin'
this stuff up
don't raise a cup

Ya know ya will na need to sigh
Ya know ya will na need to cry
An' I'd na need ta wonder why
If ya donna drink that mushroom high
If ya donna even wanna try
Then I'll na need ta say goodbye
An you'll na need ta go off an' die

An' so that you'll ha na regret
Just don na let yaself forget
Ya really never oughtta eat-a
That dreadful mushroom, aminita

[February 24, 2015]

Reviews

[marcus]

May mushrooms never grow, in your backyard. (unless they're the right kind)
Interesting format here.

[Vishuddha]

I wrote this for an old friend with whom I used to take mushrooms and other assorteds. He wrote http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/Vanderhorst/1490396/ so I replied.

[Vishuddha]

I thought you would get it from the picture, which, granted is a little obscure in itself (my artwork) - but, it seems lots of folks don't look! Anyway, just don't.

[Samuel Dickens]

Haaa! Thanks for saying "mushroom", because I didn't know what the heck it was that I shouldn't oughta eat-a.

[Vishuddha]

I figured you would google it.

[Jamie]

Great write really like the style and flow of this :)

[Vishuddha]

It was lots of fun to write. Glad you liked it.

[Marie]

I guess an Aminita is a poiosoned mushroom. I never eat any mushrooms that don't come from the store.

[Vishuddha]

The aminita is the most poisonous of all the mushrooms. One variety has a brilliant red cap and nobody mistakes it for edible. The other is deadly white, delicate and beautiful. Looks like the ones from the grocery store. I wrote this after a friend posted Cèpes Season in the forêt domaniale de Saint-Germain-en-Laye.
I also only eat the ones from the store. In some places you have to be careful about which store.

[Marie]

I shop at H.E.B.; nowhere else.