Oh nuts!

As a child

I loved all things nutty

I loved nuts in their natural forms

In cakes, ice cream and fudges

and porridge and with ripe bananas

and in everything else

I never had peanut butter though

I never had burghers and fries

or popcorn, potato chips or nuggets

Our local peanut vendor

Made delicious nuts in his makeshift oven

made with love and lots of concrete

Yet I dreamed of all the nutty deliciousness

locked in tins and cans upon supermarket shelves

I could not then afford them

they cost so much back then

So I swore that I would go to America

Where, like a naughty squirrel

I could eat all the nuts in the world

I did eventually reach the USA

where I ate so many nuts

They gave me high cholesterol

Now I still consume my beloved nuts

Just in careful moderation

After all, too much of anything

Will usually go awry!!!!!!!!

Holy nuts!

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