Fruit Famine

Please do not take your 
pomegranates for granted,
especially if you have the
last one on the planet,
a smart person would
take some seeds out
and plant it,
but couldn't if the
government suddenly
regulated everything
and banned it,
then someone who 
was still a maverick,
would risk his life and
have to go on
the lam with it in
order to plant it,
and people everywhere
would uprise and not
stand for the banning
of the pomegranate,
and before you know
it there would be a
bumper crop of
pomegranates again
that would surpass it,
letting people to
have the freedom
once again to
make their tasty
fruit salad!
Copyright © | Year Posted 2016

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Hauser  Avatar
May 31, 2016 at 9:30 PM
I wish I'd written this! Hahaha!
Hoffman Avatar
June 16, 2016 at 8:57 PM
Thanks Mike, glad you liked it!:)
Fraser Avatar
May 26, 2016 at 10:44 PM
Well Cheryl theres a topic i would have never thought of and your style and flow has done it proud. Blessings Carl
Hoffman Avatar
May 27, 2016 at 7:28 AM
Thanks so much Carl, I appreciate your kind comment! Blessings to you too!:)
Flannery Avatar
May 26, 2016 at 3:42 PM
So simple but so True. Very resounding in it's own simplicity revealing man's own past history with little more than a pomegranate. Awesome! Take care!
Hoffman Avatar
May 26, 2016 at 7:12 PM
Always wanted to write a poem using pomegranate and finally did! I think your the only one who understands it Vincent! You and I know its about taking our freedoms for granted and what happens when we do…thank you for your nice comment btw!:)
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