The Mortal Shell

News has come of Mister Peanut’s death

in a crash of Planter’s Nut Mobile.
So I sit here, sobbing, with peanuts on my breath.
They said Mister was behind the wheel.
Peanuts should not be allowed to drive.
Their muscles are not equipped for that.
Were he riding, he’d be still alive.
Wearing his black monocle and hat.
This brings Humpty Dumpty’s death to mind.
Was he pushed? The question seems to beg.
Was this act conspiracy against all peanutkind?
And what came first, the peanut or the egg?

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