A banana variety from China, Musa superba, was brought to Mauritius in 1982 and then shipped to the UK to be renamed Cavendish. Compared to local bananas, Cavendish produces more and tastes more delicious, gradually replacing local varieties with a variety from East Asia.

















However, due to the weak risk resistance of a single species, Cavendish is prone to infection with some deadly bacteria. Drugs used against this pathogen have already caused one-fifth of bananas worldwide to become infertile. Due to the threat to the economy, research on bananas has been pushed forward by capital, and natural plants have been transformed into economic fuels


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She has never resisted any fate
I have never escaped from any land
Without any labels
There's no sound either

Ripe At Home

Rady To Eat

Over Riped Banna


When this poem was written into a book
This banana has been picked
Silent decay on the other side of the ocean
To commemorate with this poem
Accompanied by countless ships and workers
The Wandering Life of a Colonial Banana


















RIPE
AT
HOME






You seem so naive
that you don't 
understand 
your fate，
Or they 
may have already
known that they would
be stripped of their skin
and chewed into a lump of mud





Imagine the sweetness surging
from deep within your body
The mature flesh gradually
becomes soft and drooping
I am watching your transformation
Waiting for me to personally
declare your end



































What were you supposed to do?
Integrate into the earth,
rot into mud, nourish new roots,
Embrace true rebirth in freedom.

Lat 25°N, Long 93°E
that's where you came from
Rainwater washes away banana leaves
Forget the sun that made you grow into an arc shape.









Being Picked




Packaged









Placed


                                         
                 













Being watched
Compared Price
Transported

Suddenly bright
and dark，
Like in your native place
DAY
and
NIGHT
You are lucky
Compared to being wrapped
Thrown into the trash can
......

All passive choices
Do they all have no comparative value?
Where and how to bury oneself
At the moment destined to become a fruit
Lost its meaning






Becoming an excellent fruit
Or
discarded due to
non-compliance
Actually, there's no difference

















READY
TO
EAT