I have ears that catch no gossip and rows of kernels that never enlist, wrapped in leafy green until the autumn harvest brings me steaming to the table. What am I?
An ear of corn
Wordplay relies on the double meanings of 'ears' (corn ears vs. hearing) and 'kernels' (homophone for military 'colonels').
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