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Ode to Green Beans

May 29, 2010
By sixteenthnote BRONZE, Idaho Falls, Idaho
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sixteenthnote BRONZE, Idaho Falls, Idaho
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Green beans: long, green Skinny...yuck!
How could it be
That something so nutritious
Could taste so terrible?
Your putrid smell
And bitter taste
Make my eyes water.
How could anyone enjoy
Eating you so?
I suppose someday
I will be able to eat you
Without making a face,
But not yet...

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I hate green beans!
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This article has 3 comments.

DragonScript said...
on Jul. 28 2010 at 6:29 pm
This is pretty good, but you can do better
purplebliss BRONZE said...
on Jul. 27 2010 at 7:18 pm
purplebliss BRONZE, Idaho Falls, Idaho
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I love green beans... but it is pretty good
Boosflash DIAMOND said...
on Jun. 28 2010 at 12:31 am
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5 stars captain. 5 stars.