Abalone

Abalone

A tiny abalone spews out at least 10,000 ova

A larger one, about hand size, 100 times moreover

They are the food for fishes, and crawl the ocean floor.

And all their flesh is edible - Oh who could ask for more?

The Japanese, a canny race, have quite a curious way

Of picking out great delicacies; of abalone they say:-

'It must be fresh and live and big. We take it in our hand,

Rip out, then tenderly consume, its lovely gonad gland!"

It's true, folks! All of it.