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RICK

Rick is a poet that lives in Williamsburg, MA. He wrote a beautiful, descriptive poem that he chose to share for his story. It recalls the Beat poets of the 1950’s and is relevant to the pandemic and current times.


“We've got heads of lettuce more reasonable than heads of state, and if she likes parsley, mister, more of that we got than Paris has of the springtime, more future in the sprouts, than when the revolution comes."

Check out some interview excerpts below:

“The sound of the nations resounds in the ear 

of the East River eggplant emir: 

the brutal shotgun slaying of a dozen sugar melons, 

the gangland war of the greengrocers. 

We want mango paradise - no -

spuds are king around this place. 

We've got heads of lettuce more reasonable than heads of state, 

and if she likes parsley, mister, more of that we got 

than Paris has of the springtime, 

more future in the sprouts, than when the revolution comes.” 

- excerpt from The PEACE of the Produce Market