Have a Banana

[Jeremy Osner]

Tim Ware's web page,
http://www.hyperarts.com/pynchon/gravity/gravity-f.html tells us:

"Time to gather your arse up off the floor,
(have a bana-na)
Brush your teeth and go toddling off to war. Wave your hand to sleepy
land,
Kiss those dreams away,
Tell Miss Grable you're not able,
Not till V-E Day, oh,
Ev'rything'll be grand in Civvie Street
(have a bana-na)
Bubbly wine and girls wiv lips so sweet--
But there's still the German or two to fight,
So show us a smile that's shiny bright,
And then, as we may have suggested once before--
Gather yer blooming arse up off the floor!" 8-9