Short Avocados Poems

When will
I ever have
the home loan deposit
while I eat smashed avocados
on toast...

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Avocado’s rough exterior skin

Belies the beauty contained within.

Smooth and green with the texture and

Taste of God’s most nourishing delight.

Certain souls compare in this way....

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Avocados are the latest craze right now
Is it marketing or taste that makes us go wow
Wanting to chow down
In tune with the town
But from this day forward my taste buds say ciao...

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Why do avocados cost the same as a small car
Like gold, these small fruits, find it toatlly bizarre
From Mexico they say
Keeps their creditors at bay
Price wise it rivals gold or a plate of caviar...

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There once was a filly from Toronto
She was cheap but could sure do the mambo
Her sales pitch was great
 Excitement she'd create
With her motto, “wanna touch my avocados?”


© Jack Ellison 2015...

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a blood-letting sun
sets as slow as an amber tear
in a shot glass

dotty is lost in oz
ruby slippers
run on a treadmill
of long summer evenings
avocados turn brown
drowned by a late light

a vein is open
watching eyes water
over a crimson gash

a gush
bleeds out
into a hoodwink
then sinks inside
a darkening cowl

an infant
wails
in a witch's
scrawny arms

none see
the birthing knife
...

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Orange paisley in the seventies prancing in my mind
Twisted up with lemons and avocados, fruit colors
Also shown in mushroom canister sets and Tupperware

On equal footing stark straight black and white stripes
Proving we are in a new age with additional freedom
I thought it was the most modern we would ever be

Not realizing we would eventually have the internet 
Home computers? Phones without cords? No idea.
I thought the seventies were the modern we would ever be....

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For your Super Bowl party,
When buying your chips,
Cross off guacamole
As one of your dips.

For most avocados
Are farmed way down south
And travel from Mexico
Straight to your mouth.

The same will apply to
Tequila and beer,
Since tariffs raise prices,
Or that’s what I hear.

So Mexican products,
Canadian, too, 
Will get more expensive
For me and for you.

Though prices of eggs
Have been causing a shock,
Just wait ‘til folks find
It’s the same with their guac!
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If an avocado had a voice, he'd say, "eat me, I'm an excellent food choice".
 If an avocado went to war, his uniform would be green, that's for sure.
 If an avocado made a speech from a podium, he would share with his audience that he's low on sodium. If an avocado went to court and took a plea, he'd surly admit to being cholesterol free. If an avocado was wealthy, he'd pronounce that he was so heart healthy. Eating avocados is a win win. There only eighty calories with twenty vitamins....

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Avocado babies everywhere,
  None have any hair!
  Floating about in the road,
  Occasionally falling on a toad!
  Having ice cream, a-la-mode,
  Six scoops instead of one,
  One is just no fun!
  Putting green goop in my hair,
  Avocado babies everywhere!
  Going to the fair,
  Rolling down an aisle,
  Wrapping up in cotton candy,
  Oh, wouldn't that be dandy!
  Sliced in half,
  Eaten raw,
  Mustn't forget the BLT,
  Have to make a run,
  Ate those avocado babies everyone!...

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FOOD TALK
Olives are so sweet to eat
Avocados are a treat
I love fruit right off the trees
Sneaking honey from the bees
Bread so soft it floats on air
Curly noodles shaped like hair
But I hate broccoli and peas
And tofu burgers make me sneeze
If you force me to sit and eat
food you think should be a treat
If you want me sitting there
You can leave me, I don’t care
Night will come and bedtime too 
Owls will fly and hoot at you 
Me and food will still be there
Sleeping when you come down stairs...

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