Do not eat that orange

Fred, I said Fred.
Before you go to bed:
Do not eat that orange,
Or you will wind up dead.

You can eat an apple now.
You can even eat a cow.
But do not eat that orange.
Do not ask why or how.

"My friend, my friend" you said.
"I do not want to be dead!
But let me eat that orange,
Before I go to bed.

Eat ham, steak or cheese.
Devour whatever you please!
I'm not doing this to taunt,
to bully, to prank or to tease.

I said it once, understand?
And will sing in aloud, in a band!
You must, right now, do what I say.
You must heed my command.

Fred, just listen carefully to me.
What more could you possibly want to be?
An orange will not change your looks.
So do not eat it, it's bad, don't you see?

Fred, I said Fred!
What is wrong with your head?
Do not eat that orange,
before you go to bed.

Jonathan Croxford, 2006