# Jalapeño

*For the 30th poem, I wanted to invite you in for something a bit different... here are 2 drafts of this playful food poem - let me know which do you like more. Help me understand why one is more favorite than the other! Cheers!*

By [Alex Nova](https://paragraph.com/@alexnova) · 2024-12-11

poem, foodpoems, 2024

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**VERSION I**

![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/cbd07ff1d35c9c4dcc1a45dd9b081c60.jpg)

**VERSION II**

![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/0b153983a68552f0989580d9069368b1.jpg)

Thank you for reading! Yes, I did burn my eyes but it all worked out deliciously well in the end. 🙂

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*Originally published on [Alex Nova](https://paragraph.com/@alexnova/jalapeno)*