Love Poem: Grapefruit
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Written by: Kasim Ishmael

Grapefruit

My girl friend wake up this morning
I bring her breakfast in bed to eat
But she said she is going to be right back
She has to go and brushes her teeth

When she comes back she jumps in bed
Looking beautiful and so cute
I made her scramble eggs, and toast bread
Coffee and a half of pink grapefruit

She really likes lemons and grape fruits
She is a kind of spicy loving girl
But omg she is so amazing
Sweeter than all the sugar in the world

And every day I will keep trying
To find ways to make her happy
So while she having her grapefruit
I will tell her a little about its history

The story of the grapefruit origins
With the sweet orange from Jamaica
And a citrus fruit name pomelo
That was brought from Indonesia

By a man name “captain shaddock”
Brought the pomelo seed to Barbados
And both fruits we hybrid together
And it results in the grapefruits that we knows

First they call it the forbidden fruit
Grapefruit was first documented in 1750
Its one of the “seven wonders of Barbados
In the Barbados national history

In 1929 the discovery of a red grapefruit
Growing on a pink variety
Then they use radiation to trigger mutations
For new varieties that fade to pink typically

Ruby red become a symbolic fruit of Texas
And the white “inferior” grapefruits was eliminated
And only red grapefruit was grown for decades
Like the one she has on her plate

I going on the bed and snuggle next to her
That’s enough about the grapefruit history
She smile and thank me for the story
Then she plant one big sweet kiss on me

And every time my girlfriend kisses me
I do blush like a big baby
But not a big cute baby
Because I’m really kind of ugly

But still she my girlfriend love me
So I am the luckiest man in the world
And when ever it start snowing
I do hug her up when I feeling cold

For lunch will cook stew chicken and red bean
With potato salad and fried rice
And make her some grape fruit juice
In a tall glass with ice