Ode on a sprouting potato

What creature is it,

other than human,

dares eat the raw and humble potato?

From whence it came,

the first seed?

From whence came that first seed?

Mysteries, mysteries, mysteries.

There is more to this Food Chain than

first meets the eye!

Perhaps the great Darwin's Origin of the Species is

incomplete. Repeat. Incomplete. 

Mashed, roasted, boiled.

But never eaten raw.

As far as we know.

And what the hell are We fodder for in this food chain?