William Longden : artist, musician

Banska Bystrica Bananaskin

27/06/08

I nearly slid right down this grid
Slavonic style, in passing by
Not seeing a banana hid
Just freshly peeled and thrown aside
Awaiting some fool foot to ssslide
But fortunate for me
Another set of eyes did see
And shouted out alarmingly
‘Watch out for the banana skins’
At which indeed I did
And thankfully erect
I then took time sufficient to inspect
The empty yellow skin
Which seemed so close to falling in
Yet hovered as a flying fish
Arisen from the darkened depths
And clung to cling in desperate bid to keep from falling down the grid
Of course I could not let it pass, it would have been a shame
Looking forlorn and so outcast, I pictured it that it might last
Forever in its slipperiness before its slimy time slipped past
And here send it for you to view
A slive of slippery slobber set to get your salivarous tongue to whet
And chew just like the Zulus do
When chewing spit.