Mango

[Stephen Whiteside]

Mango

I once saw a man go, go to get a mango.
He asked, "Where's the mango man? I want to buy a mango."
I said, "I saw the mango man go to buy a mango.
You'll have to chase the mango man if you want a mango."

He said, "I thought the mango man could sell himself a mango.
Why did the mango man go to buy a mango?"
I said, "Man, I don't know, but if you want a mango
You'll have to chase the mango man to go and buy a mango."

I stood and watched the man go, go to buy a mango,
And then I saw the mango man return without a mango.
I asked him, "Mr Mango Man, why don't you have a mango?
I just saw a man go to try to buy a mango.

"If you had a mango, then you could sell your mango.
You see, I saw a man go, go to buy a mango."
The mango man, with head low, said "I've lost my mango.
I cannot sell a mango because I have no mango."

I said, "I saw a man go, go to buy a mango,
He might have found another man to sell a juicy mango.
Man, go and find this man who wants to buy a mango.
He might sell his mango. Man, go. Go!"

The mango man looked up at me. "I really want a mango.
I'll go and find this man to see if he has bought a mango
The mango man then ran away to try to find a mango.
And then the other man came back. He didn't have a mango.

"Have you seen the mango man? Which way did the man go?"
"You have just missed the mango man. He doesn't have a mango."
"Doesn't have a mango? Doesn't have mango?
What kind of mango man doesn't have a mango?"

Just then the mango man returned. "I couldn't find a mango.
Where should a man go to go and buy a mango?"
The man then asked the mango man. "I really thought that you'd know,
Because you are a mango man, where to buy a mango."

The mango man looked very sad. "I do not have a mango.
It does not matter what you say, I do not have a mango.
I thought you'd find another man who'd sell to you a mango,
And then I'd buy your mango, and then I'd have a mango."

These men looked very sad indeed. They did not have a mango.
Where could a man go to go and buy a mango?
I only knew I didn't know where to buy a mango,
And then I reached into my coat, and gave each man a mango!

Stephen Whiteside 26.02.2014