Bananas Yesterday (Blitz Poem)

Ripe old age
Ripe bananas
Bananas are yellow
Bananas peeled
Peeled an onion
Peeled out
Out of touch
Out of range
Range is hot
Range is home
Home is sweet
Home sick
Sick today
Sick of you
You and me
You are fine
Fine with me
Fine line
Line of people
Line length
Length of time
Length of words
Words rhyme
Words unheard
Unheard voices
Unheard prayers
Prayers to God
Prayers answered
Answered my question
Answered how
How are you
How in the world
World peace
World is round
Round as a ball
Round the fire
Fire is hot
Fire burns
Burns blister
Burns hurt
Hurt is painful
Hurt remains
Remains of love
Remains to be seen
Seen not heard
Seen yesterday
Yesterday is past
Yesterday was dark
Dark
Past

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The Blitz Poem, a poetry form created by Robert Keim. This form of poetry is a stream of short phrases and images with repetition and rapid flow. Begin with one short phrase, it can be a cliché. Begin the next line with another phrase that begins with the same first word as line 1. The first 48 lines should be short, but at least two words. The third and fourth lines are phrases that begin with the last word of the 2nd phrase, the 5th and 6th lines begin with the last word of the 4th line, and so on, continuing, with each subsequent pair beginning with the last word of the line above them, which establishes a pattern of repetition. Continue for 48 total lines with this pattern, And then the last two lines repeat the last word of line 48, then the last word of line 47. The title includes the first word of line 3 and The first word of line 47.

There should be no punctuation. When reading a Blitz, it is read very quickly, pausing only to breathe.
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