When I think how far the onion has traveled
just to enter my stew today, I could kneel and praise
all small forgotten miracles,
crackly paper peeling on the drainboard,
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I would never scold the onion for causing tears. It is right that tears fall for something small and forgotten... thinking of the travel of onion and the tears it makes.. tony
" It is believed that the onion originally came from India. In Egypt it was an object of worship —why I haven't been able to find out. From Egypt the onion entered Greece and on to Italy, thence into all of Europe interesting poem and new knowledge. tony