Plantain

Eat me as cheeps
Boil me as food
Either green or yellow
I grow every where
Green when unripe
Yellow when ripe
I give you suckers for the 
Future
Give me nine months
I  give you
Fruits yes fruits
Plenty of it
Some to sell
Some to eat.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2016

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