Curse of the Spinach

Spinach cake with spinach sauce
Used to taste divine.
It once was served at parties,
Children loved it and ate it all the time.
Spinach flakes for breakfast,
Spinach sprinkles on ice cream,
Spinach sandwiches in every school lunch,
Life was just a spinach dream.
Then the dream got ugly,
The sky turned dark and gray.
All the other veggies were jealous
They cursed the spinach and all the good taste went away.
Now spinach is served with vinegar,
Salt and pepper, cheese and Hollandaise,
In lasagna, and omelets, quiche and calazone,
They do everything they can to hide the taste.
Because now the taste is ugly,
All the other veggies got their way,
And whenever children are told to eat their spinach,
They just scream and quickly run away.