Fruit bats come in all shapes and sizes
banana-shaped
pear-shaped
they’re full of surprises
Huge watermelon
and grapefruit bats
Cherry bats and plum bats
Lychees and kumquats
Hanging in the belfry
is that a satsuma?
Another example
of crazy bats’ humour?
You think that’s a strawberry
glowing on a bush?
You go to pick it and whoosh
What a fright!
As arrowing, shrieking
it takes flight
into the bottomless
Fruit bowl of night.