The most important part of your smoothie
Without it it's just a purée
Just like the most important part of a poet
Without it they're just a human

A child's gun
A source of great fun
A comfort food
A food to lighten the mood
A great thing to draw
A thing truly without flaw
A great pattern for a bandana
A thing most diverse, a banana

So perfect on the outside
Unblemished
Façades
That's how we survive

I draw a banana on my leg
Every day
Just so that
Something is constant

Newly birthed
Green
Like everything around it
As it matures
It wants to
Stick out
Yellow
But quickly realizes
Its brethren did much the same
All are
Yellow
Now
Saddened, it turns
Black
Moody
Then
Dies