You give me the shits, is perhaps the highest compliment
you can pay a piece of fruit ; moondrop grapes, for instance,
sometimes called ‘sapphires, ’ loosen the bowels and keep
you regular; I like being a regular guy; I like being called
‘a regular guy’ and wonder how they know? Does it show?
Do ‘regular guys’ emit a glow that constipated guys don’t?
Moreover, moondrop grapes are delicious and send you
in the right orbit for the rest of the day.
John Malone 
Cheers to regularity, especially if it produces this kind of verse. 👏Happy bowels, happy days. 😀
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thanks K: I felt inspired when I wrote this: it’s not your usual sort of ode 🙂
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True, indeed. The cosmic kernels, wonder what a wine they’d make. Cheers.🍷
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I wouldn’t mind getting a dozen of them 🙂
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Yes, indeed. Cheers, John. 🍷
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hahah, I had a good chuckle reading this. Those grapes look fabulous, and if it helps give you the shits, more power to them!
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actually those grapes come from California so they are a little expensive down under but gee, they are delicious 🙂 have a good weekend, Eden 🙂
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they are very popular in my home town of Adelaide: we are all regular ‘guys’ here 🙂
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🙂
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glad you enjoyed it 🙂 and now for some grapes 🙂
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this proves you skill in being able to write an ode to most anything )
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thank you, Beth; much appreciated 🙂
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Very funny and yeah, the satisfaction of getting the shits is real and lasting.
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you feel cleansed, empty; ready to take on the day 🙂
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I’ve seen moondrop grapes, but I’ve never had any. I plan to buy some!
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you’ll be a changed man, Neil: like a car with retreads and a souped-up motor 🙂
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I never heard of moondrop grapes
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you got ago out and look; your fruit and veg stores should stock them —
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I’m reminded of cereal; mix the grapes with it thoroughly and have a fiber EX-plo-SION!
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remember Catxman: all things in moderation, even excess 🙂
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Haha. Fantastic!
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thanks Bob: it’s about time they were given an ode 🙂
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You’ve given ‘a regular guy’ a whole different meaning. A shitty one – not to be taken literally. haha! Good one, John. 🙂
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Oh wait – to be taken literally. Lol.
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my granpappy told me, never pass up a pun; even the bad ones are good 🙂
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Quite a few constipated men in power around the world. Perhaps we should send some moondrop grapes or plums (has the same effect) so they would loosen up and come to sense.
Great poem.
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I can think of a few world leaders right now who would benefit from moon grapes: no names, no pack drill 🙂
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I can see that scene. World leaders in a row at the outhouse. 😀
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Lol
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Your regular next door shitty average Joe not a suited-booted farty bloke 🙂
That’s why they eat grapes in heaven, now I know
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well, I ain’t going there, Tanya, if they don’t grow moondrop grapes 🙂
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