Friday, April 24, 2020

Maximilian Melonhead

Maximilian Melonhead is an interesting case.
I don't know how he copes.
He has a regular human body,
but his head is a cantaloupe.

This is the way that he was born.
Nobody can figure out why.
He has a strawberry for a nose
and two blueberries for  his eyes.

He has a banana for a mouth.
It can be a smile or a frown.
It all depends on how he wears it,
right side up or upside down.

There is no sound too quiet
for him to overhear.
Not a whisper escapes the Saturn peaches
that he has for ears.

Occasionally he has rosacea
that lasts for several weeks,
which is actually a crop of raspberries
that breaks out on his cheeks.

He rises early in the morning
and works from eight to four
at his job as produce manager
of a local grocery store. - Jeff Barnes

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