Daniel Parks, Banana Dan's Banana Stand</head><body><center><center><img src=http://www.saviodsilva.com/p1.gif border=0 alt=Saviodsilva></center><hr color=3C00FF size=4><br><font size=4 face=arial><b><a href=30.htm>Daniel Parks</a></b></font><br><center><img src=http://www.saviodsilva.net/poem/a/1.JPG border=0 alt=Poem></center><br><font size=3 face=arial><b>Banana Dan's Banana Stand</a></b></font></center><blockquote><blockquote><p align=left><font face=arial size=2><b>One spring day, not long ago,<br>a good friend gave to me.<br>A wondrous and amazing plant,<br>a small banana tree.<br>With loving care a planting sight,<br>selected in our yard.<br>And soon the tree was ten feet tall,<br>and really growing hard.<br>Unfurling leaves that spread aloft,<br>a green umbrella made.<br>I found myself on leisure days,<br>relaxing in it's shade.<br>Soon baby trees were everywhere,<br>like spreading weeds they grew.<br>A banana forest in our yard,<br>a great banana zoo.<br>And then the trees began to grow,<br>bananas by the bunch.<br>Here and there and everywhere,<br>we couldn't eat that much.<br>So with some wood, and lots of nails,<br>I set in place a plan.<br>And soon out front, out on our street,<br>was Dan's banana stand.<br>Things went well for quite a while,<br>a living we could make.<br>Sold fresh bananas by the bunch,<br>and pies my wife would bake.<br>People came from all around,<br>to buy a bunch or two.<br>And maybe even sample some,<br>of Dan's banana brew.<br>But then one day, as luck would have,<br>our trees began to spread.<br>Beyond the yard, and past the fence,<br>and way beyond the shed.<br>In neighbors yards, down by the creek,<br>and soon all over town.<br>Banana trees were everywhere,<br>on every piece of ground.<br>The city counsel met one night,<br>our fate it would discuss.<br>Banana trees, the Mayor proclaimed,<br>would soon the budget bust!<br>We've got to stop these spreading trees,<br>we've got to cut them down.<br>Or there is very little hope,<br>that we can save our town.<br>A very sad and dreary day,<br>it was for me, my friend.<br>The glorious days of Banana Dan's<br>banana stand would end.<br>Our trees were all, too soon cut down,<br>not a one remained.<br>And Banana Dan's Banana Stand,<br>just a memory in my brain. </b></font></p></blockquote></blockquote><hr color=0000ca size=3><center><font size=2 face=arial><b><a href=http://www.isavo.net/poem/sk2.htm>This Poem's Index Page 1</a><br><a href=http://www.yensa.net/poem/sk2.htm>This Poem's Index 2</a><br><a href=http://www.isavo.com/poems.htm>Poetry Website</a><br><a href=http://www.saviodsilva.com>Saviodsilva</a><br><a href=http://www.isavo.com>Isavo Site</a></b></font></center><SCRIPT LANGUAGE=JavaScript SRC=http://www.saviodsilva.org/r/fantasy.js></SCRIPT></body></html>