![]() ![]() In some, he sees it amid a pile of bananas on the deck of a ship plying the Alabama River on a lazy summer afternoon. He rushes inside, grabs the owner by the lapel, and makes him tell everything he knows. In some versions, Sam sees the banana in the gutter in Selma, Alabama, where it's fallen from a pushcart in some, he sees it in the window of a grocery and is smitten. ![]() There is much variation in the telling of this story, meaning each expert has written his or her own history meaning the story has gone from reportage to mythology meaning Sam the Banana Man is Paul Bunyan and the first banana is Babe the Blue Ox. ![]() As it was his first banana, I imagine it situated on a velvet pillow, in a display alongside Adam's rib and Robert Johnson's guitar. It is seen from a great distance, then very close, each freckle magnified. In some versions, the original banana is presented as a platonic ideal, an archetype circling the young man's head. In the lore, this is presented as a moment of clarity, wherein the future was revealed. Sam Zemurray saw his first banana in 1893. ![]()
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