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<i>Fruit with a Beard</i>
<c>by S.W. Black</c>
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<c>Copyright © 2017 S.W. Black.</c>
<c>Some Rights Reserved.</c>
<c>Creative Commons Attribution License.</c>

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<00:01.724><c>That tree is growing</c>
<00:05.251><c>something weird.</c>
<00:07.993><c>That tree is growing</c>
<00:11.389><c>a fruit with a beard.</c>

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<00:13.923><c>I did not know that</c>
<00:17.241><c>fruits could have beards.</c>
<00:20.271><c>I thought it would</c>
<00:22.152><c>be an insect infestation.</c>

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<00:26.906><c>But that beard it</c>
<00:30.380><c>has a mouth</c>
<00:32.705><c>and that mouth proclaimed it's</c>
<00:35.657><c>not an insect.</c>

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<00:38.452><c>It said,</c> <00:40.594><c>"Hey there.</c>
<00:42.893><c>I'm a thing growing on a tree."</c>
<00:47.464><c>It says,</c> <00:49.998><c>"Hey there.</c>
<00:52.088><c>Why don't you just let me be.</c>

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<00:56.137><c>I'm just growin' here</c> <00:59.429><c>on this tree and</c>
<01:01.362><c>I'm no insect infestation.</c>
<01:05.384><c>I'm just growin' here</c> <01:08.441><c>on this tree.</c>
<01:10.165><c>And would you please just let me be! Just let me be!"</c>

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<01:14.501><c>Did you know</c> <01:16.722><c>that sprayed</c>
<01:19.125><c>thinking that it was spiders?</c>
<01:23.226><c>They sprayed again</c>
<01:26.204><c>thinking it might be caterpillars.</c>

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<01:30.514><c>That beard's all fuzzy,</c>
<01:33.936><c>just like a good beard.</c>
<01:37.280><c>But now it's covered in</c>
<01:40.519><c>chemicals, too.</c>

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<01:43.628><c>That beard's all sad</c>
<01:46.998><c>and whines to us all:</c>
<01:50.054><c>Why didn't we just</c>
<01:53.476><c>leave him alone.</c>

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<01:56.558><c>At least</c> <01:59.223><c>I think it prefers the male gender.</c>
<02:03.611><c>Male pronouns usually go with beards.</c>
<02:09.698><c>But not always</c> <02:12.833><c>there are lovely women</c>
<02:15.889><c>with lovely full and beautiful beards.</c>

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<02:21.793><c>So I don't know which pronoun to use</c>
<02:27.226><c>for that beard and that fruit growing on that tree.</c>

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<02:33.496><c>But just so you know,</c>
<02:36.604><c>I do know it's sad</c>
<02:39.869><c>and it's whining to all</c>
<02:43.004><c>and making a plea:</c>

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<02:46.139><c>Please leave it alone</c>
<02:49.091><c>and let it be.</c> <02:52.225><c><c></c></c> <02:54.000><c><c></c></c>