I Hate My Childhood Self

Kordel Davis
Feb 1, 2021

Our World in Poetry

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As a child I hated mushrooms
Always moaned and groaned on stir fry night
Stirring the vegetables around in that bowl and not eating any

Now I love mushrooms
And I hate my childhood self
Now I love myself

I roam through this grocery store in search of mushrooms
Unable to find them at first, hidden away next to the processed fruit smoothies
Now I hate processed smoothies
And I love mushrooms
And I love myself

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Kordel Davis

Adviser at USDA Coalition of Minority Employees featured in The Washington Post, Politico & The Atlantic and on CNN, NBC, HLN, and ABC.