Question: What's the price/lb?
Answer: Common Sense
Like the fruit
Most people
Have now gone
Bananas
Religion
Politics
Wealth Status
Even Race
Repeating
What we heard
It's Ingrained
In Us All
Media,
News Outlets,
Our Sources;
Bananas
Some are scared,
They're Yellow,
Like Lemons,
Bananas
Labors' Fruit:
Some are ripe.
Some are not.
Bananas
We digest
What we take
In ourselves.
Bananas
Please, be safe.
Please, be kind.
Please, enjoy.
Bananas.
We are fruit
In a bowl
More than just
Bananas
Author's Notes: I'd like to thank Rick Henry for making this a challenge with the Vocal+Assist FaceBook Community. There's nothing more fun than trying to challenge Yourself to get the creative juices flowing.
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Comments (7)
Love this!!!
Wow so true! We have all gone bananas. Well done. Hearted and subscribed ❤️
Love this. This is a great piece. We are all fruit in the same bowl, indeed. Well done.
Loved your take on this! Especially the last 4 lines ;)
Great job with the prompt!
I must admit you did an excellent job with this Vocal + Assist Facebook Challenge - great job.
Banana is my favourite fruit and I've definitely gone bananas 🤣 Awesome poem!