beach blanket bananas

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green and saltwater glistening,

thousands of bananas washed ashore

on two Dutch North Sea Islands yesterday.

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the local lighthouse dude made a joke

about everybody having a "bunch" now

as Tershelling Island yawned and wondered

about the new crop of pot 70 miles away in Amsterdam.

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the bananas were from Cuba and were "the kind"

we never get here in the good old USA.

because we boycott Castro.

because we don't buy commie bananas.

because we think our something doesn't stink.

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bananas also washed up on nearby Ameland Island

as locals thought of past windfalls of tennis shoes,

brief cases and childrens toys wafting in the surf.

twenty years ago it was a load of sweaters.

now somebody can say, "yes, we have no bananas,"

but not the people of Ameland and Tershelling Islands.

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they're looking for a lucky zoo.