give him a word or two
give him a longing
give him a summer
give him a life time
give him a winter
give him a woman or two
give him a marriage
give him a child
give him many friends
give him anniversaries
give him parents evenings
give him trains home
give him fish and chips
give him a man or two
give him violence in the streets
give him divorce
give him love letters
give him television
give him naked flesh
give him the internet
give him travel
give him languages
give him cathedral halls
give him a piano
give him the News at Ten
give him central heating
give him snow at school
give him germs and aches
give him local pubs
give him masturbation
give him oceans and sky
give him ideals of freedom
give him John Wayne
give him silent wombs
give him wimbledon
give him Nagasaki
give him streets of rain
give him fading looks
give him memories
give him passing time
give him ideals of sin
give him cleanliness
give him words again
give him song and touch
give him hope

That should do him in.


And so, it seems, the fruit was never needed afterall.