Green Girl Of The Sixties

By Bradene

Thu, 25 Nov 2010

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5 comments

Mellow yellow banana skins
were never the thing for me.
The electrical banana
I escaped virtuously,

for I was a naïve girl
who just saw the yellow sun,
and the golden colour of butter
spread over my currant bun.

Certificate U

Life's Funny Little Foibles

Humour

Comments

Donovon - 'Mellow Yellow'

Permalink Submitted by Silver Spun Sand on Thu, 2010-11-25 11:13

Donovon - 'Mellow Yellow' around 1966...if my memory serves me correctly;-) As for the 'electrical banana'...now that's another thing!! Enjoyed this immensely, Val. Brought the memories flooding back;-) Tina xx

Thanks Tina I'm glad it

Permalink Submitted by Bradene on Thu, 2010-11-25 12:34

Thanks Tina I'm glad it bought back happy memories for you. Love Valx

Long before my time, Val -

Permalink Submitted by MistakenMagic on Thu, 2010-11-25 13:05

Long before my time, Val - but I enjoyed this nevertheless! Concise, but very, very beautiful and resonant. Magic xxx

Thanks Magic perhaps it

Permalink Submitted by Bradene on Thu, 2010-11-25 13:25

Thanks Magic perhaps it would benefit you if you Googled to enable you to understand. Google Donovan or Mellow yellow. Valx

Yes that's the one, but if

Permalink Submitted by Bradene on Thu, 2010-11-25 15:05

Yes that's the one, but if you read up on it you'll see it has hidden depths. Thanks for commenting. Valx