Eggplant & Feast

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the gods feast
on Mount Olympus
moussaka

melanzana feast
glasses raised to Ancient Rome
in the asylum

Note: In the 13th century Italy, eggplants were thought to cause insanity. The Italian word for eggplant, melanzana, was adapted to mela insana (mad apple).

Daily haiku prompt: eggplant & feast

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