Fruit with a Beard by S.W. Black Copyright © 2017 S.W. Black. Some Rights Reserved. Creative Commons Attribution License.
That tree is growing something weird. That tree is growing a fruit with a beard.
I did not know that fruits could have beards. I thought it would be an insect infestation.
But that beard it has a mouth and that mouth proclaimed it's not an insect.
It said, "Hey there. I'm a thing growing on a tree." It says, "Hey there. Why don't you just let me be.
I'm just growin' here on this tree and I'm no insect infestation. I'm just growin' here on this tree. And would you please just let me be! Just let me be!"
Did you know that sprayed thinking that it was spiders? They sprayed again thinking it might be caterpillars.
That beard's all fuzzy, just like a good beard. But now it's covered in chemicals, too.
That beard's all sad and whines to us all: Why didn't we just leave him alone.
At least I think it prefers the male gender. Male pronouns usually go with beards. But not always there are lovely women with lovely full and beautiful beards.
So I don't know which pronoun to use for that beard and that fruit growing on that tree.
But just so you know, I do know it's sad and it's whining to all and making a plea:
Please leave it alone and let it be.