The (not so) Happy Banana

There was a banana in my fruit basket

It was yellow and firm when I bought it

Too raw to eat

So there it stayed reclining comfortably

Amongst the apples and pears

The reds and greens vanished quickly

The yellow stayed, but it was yellow no longer

Blacker and blacker it became

I didn't touch it

I didn't peel it

I didn't cut it

I didn't squash it

There it lies now in my waste basket

Black and soft

Too ripe to eat

I didn't kill it

It died all by itself

It looked just fine all firm and yellow sunshine

No, I didn't kill it

All I did was ignore it