Ode to Fruit

Oh Fruit.  Where have you been the last few months?  We see you but you are unattainable due to ridiculous high prices. 

How can one watermelon be 16,000W?  How can 24 peaches cost 25,000W?  It just isn't right.

Oh fruit, we can see you and smell you but cannot taste you.  How we miss fruit. 


Florida oranges, lemons and limes 
Melons and grapes that grow on vines
Raspberries and Kiwi's
Bananas that come in bunches

Healthy teeth and healthy gums. 
Publix prices and fruit stands galore. 
Oh Korea, please even the score!

Acceptable prices and happier buyers
Beautiful fruit not going to waste
Children eating less candy, even the criers
Oh Korea, do it post haste!

Apples so vibrant and fresh
Plums crying through their mesh
Peaches with their nectar so sweet
If I cared about Twitter, I'd tweet.

Why, oh why are you so out of reach?
What's up with Korea's upscale fruit?
Too many questions so little time
I'd buy more fruit if they were only a dime.

Ode to Fruit