Apple - Whimsey (a la Pam Ayres)

I'd prefer to be an apple
Than a porky porcupine,
So I wouldn't be so pestered
By some porky valentine.

By just being a big red apple,
I'd accomodate some warm and happy bug.
Who'd deter all these who'd eat me
With a sharp decisive - "Ugh!"

In a symbiotic friendship
He'd snuggle up inside, my buggy valentine
And be my good protector
Until the end of time.

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