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Tuesday, December 5, 2017
Bananahead
Big yellow fruit.
Cylinders with narrow tips.
Curved at the ends.
Sexual fruit,
But not by their design.
Our views and our design.
Phallic.
Monkeys eat bananas.
So do humans.
This gives us relationship.
Bananas are healthy and sweet.
Potassium is plenty in a banana.
Most people eat one banana.
But have you ever tried to eat one right after another?
Women eating bananas is considered sexy by hormonal men.
Some men eating bananas can be sexy too, considered by other hormonal men.
Bananas go good with peanut butter and a glass of milk.
Elvis likes peanut butter, banana and bacon sandwiches.
Don't get me started with plantains.