CHOICES CHOICES

CHOICES CHOICES

I will never ever grumble
About the price of fruit anymore.
I will now proceed to tell you why.
If I’d known sooner I’d have told you before!

Whenever I shop at the supermarket,
I walk straight past the fruit.
I actually love most kinds
But too much fruit doesn’t suit!

Especially bananas
Which give me stomach-ache.
My favourite fruits are peaches and plums,
Or raspberries in a milkshake.

I realise I’ve no self-discipline
Because if I DO buy fruit, I’m afraid
I will scoff the lot in record time.
Then the inevitable price is paid!

(I am distressing for a moment
But the biggest peach I’ve ever had
Was one I bought in Italy.
Then I bought another. Was I mad?)

well, now I’m going to tell you
That if you ever go to Japan –
I know you probably won’t
But I’ll tell you in case you can –

Fruit there is very expensive
And a luxury too, so I’ve read.
But if you fancy a watermelon,
I’d choose something else instead.

As the black-rind Densuke watermelon
Can cost thousands of dollars. Yes.
Four thousand five hundred for a small one.
To see one you’d never guess!

(I actually checked it on Google
And yes, my Travel Book was right.)
So I’ll never moan about the price
Of fruit again. Well, I might.

But fancy having to choose between
Following in the footsteps of Ferdinand Magellan
Or going out and buying a ruddy big watermelon!