I always wandered, pondered, and I asked, why the banana 
Should be surged upon to have a bad name, a bad name 
Walk, walk, slip, flip, fall that is it, it has a bad name 
Never mind, he who chooses, not to look down 
Did not look. Stop, look, listen, you did not look 
Oh, gosh that’s it, he has a bad name 
And there we go, you took your eyes off the ball  
There we have it, there he does it  
A bad name, Keyser Soze 
So again and again, I will get Poirot 
To set the record straight, I mean why
Why blame the banana, t' usual suspect 
Where placed a crime scene notice on the post 
With all due respect "Sir!"
The banana, the banana? 
You see legend has it, as the story goes 
Two men came into contact with 
The banana, the banana 
Well, a lot more than two and a monkey 
If you choose to be picky, add Super Mario 
I mean why be picky it’s just a story 
So two it is, two men 
I say, two it is, sue me, boo hoo 
In this story just t' two, I am t' story teller, telling  
Anyway two men came into contact 
With the banana, which found itself 
At the crime scene, chalked around for evidence  
The story goes... one unplugged the banana 
So yellow, ripe and tempting
That's why, not I say, dare I say
That's why, not I say, dare I say
A woman, "naughty minds
You lot, naughty minds"
He pushed it down his throat
And in the excitement he dropped
The yellow peel down on the road in trivial thoughts 
The story goes, as I was saying
The second man walked by
In dream state, up in the air, clouds daydream 
He stepped on the banana and went flying off 
A mystery that holds, the accused banana 
Why is the banana to be blamed 
The banana, the banana 
I always wondered why the banana 
Should have so significant a bad name 
I would get Poirot to investigate this strange 
This strange, this strange
Bananarama, drama
A story of sort
This strange, this strange
Bananarama, drama
A story of sort



I like the idea of standing up for the ever-to-blame banana..
ReplyDeleteWhat a great story telling through a poetic form...nice!
ReplyDeleteOh, if only I could remove the grin from my face in lamenting the injustices placed on the poor, poor banana. Love it!
ReplyDeleteThis is very very clever, and so much fun to read. "I am t' story-teller, tellin'"
ReplyDeletedynamic imagery, thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeletelove the story
ReplyDeletethe images give one instant glimpse of the story.
ReplyDeleteGlad to see you share at poets rally.
excellent story.
smiles.
see you next time.
awesome job.
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