Fruit Punch (Achievement #53 = 2 points)

'An apple a day, keeps the doctor away,'

It has been said, and they continue to say.

But why only apples and no other fruit?

All a tasty and healthy snack constitute?

Ripe bananas yellow, musk melons mellow,

Ruby red pomegranate with seeds minute?

Why ignore the prickly but crowned pineapple?

Or its poor cousin, mealy, tart crabapple?

The elephant apple and custard apple,

Exotic cashew apple, hybrid Guapple?

Why do not the kiwi, lychee, guava win?

Or the golden jackfruit, with its pimply skin?

Delicious blueberries, wild pink strawberries,

Red cherries and peaches with a stone within?

How can one forget the tropical mango,

Or overlook the fleshy avocado?

The scaly dragon fruit and tangy grape fruit,

Or sweet oranges and sour lemons forgo?

The list is long and the omissions endless,

Abundance of options with so much goodness,

Tangy, sour or sweet, all quite tasty to eat.

When had in moderation, not in excess.

Maybe it is high time we start to say,

'A fruit a day, keeps the doctor away.'