I have really grown to like fruit this past spring and summer. I used to eat the occasional banana. Sometimes I drank orange juice or spooned in some applesauce. Now I eat 3 or 4 servings of fruit a day. I love peaches and blueberries on top of cereal or waffles for breakfast. I love cantaloupe melon for dinner as an appetizer. I snack on strawberries with yogurt. This fall I’ll be looking for fresh apples, pears and citrus.
Fruit gives you vitamins, minerals, fiber and sweetness. Buy yourself some fresh fruit at a farmers’ market and enjoy!
Here’s a fun poem by contemporary American poet Kevin Young.
Blues
Gimme some fruit
Gimme some fruit
Fresh salted melon
maybe some mango too
You had me eating pork ribs
You had me eatin ham
You had me so I was feedin
straight out your hand
Gimme some fruit baby
Gimme some fru-uit
Something red
& juicy I can sink
these teeths into
You had me eatin peas Lord
You had me eatin spam
(You had me so turned round)
I never dreamt all you said
came straight out a can
Gimme some fruit
Gimme some fru-uit
Gimme something strong girl
to clear my system of you
You served me up
like chicken
You deviled me like ham
Alls the while I never knew
you had another man
Gimme some fruit girl
Gimme some tomato too
What else is a poor
carnivore like me
without you supposed to do
Kevin Young
Here is a link to Kevin Young’s website. I have a book of his poetry and I love it.
http://www.kevinyoungpoetry.com/home.html
