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Bean Counter

For DK's Keep it 100 Challenge

By Andrew C McDonaldPublished about a year ago 1 min read
Bean Counter
Photo by Patrick Fore on Unsplash

Counting out jelly beans

Reds, Blues, Purples, Greens

A prismatic plethora of tasty treats

Gotta love these colorful sweets

Each time I count the total drops

Now one hundred little plops

One for you, two for me

Suck it up and let it be

Tuck another in my cheek

Now it's red for which I seek

Every color something unique

Enjoy them all without a pique

Green for nature, plants, trees

Blue for waves on pounding seas

Purple for haze on foggy morn

Black for midnight, dawn not born

Still, red my favorite, truth be told

Blood and roses, blooms unfold

With them I could paint a mosaic

Wouldn't that be prosaic?

But I'd only eat the art

Toss a new bag in the cart

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Check out the challenge at: https://shopping-feedback.today/writers/keep-it-100-challenge%3C/p%3E%3Cstyle data-emotion-css="14azzlx-P">.css-14azzlx-P{font-family:Droid Serif,Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size:1.1875rem;-webkit-letter-spacing:0.01em;-moz-letter-spacing:0.01em;-ms-letter-spacing:0.01em;letter-spacing:0.01em;line-height:1.6;color:#1A1A1A;margin-top:32px;}

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About the Creator

Andrew C McDonald

Andrew McDonald was a 911 dispatcher for 30 yrs with a B.S. in Math (1985). He served as an Army officer 1985 to 1992, honorably exiting a captain.

https://www.amazon.com/Killing-Keys-Andrew-C-McDonald-ebook/dp/B07VM843XL?ref_=ast_author_dp

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  • WOAabout a year ago

    I'll take all the greens, pls. haha.

  • Very cute ✅. I will have to challenge Dharrsheena for the reds & leave the rest for everyone else 🤣.

  • I want all the reds please, hehehehehe. Loved your poem!

  • D.K. Shepardabout a year ago

    Well this is a polar opposite vibe from your micro! I see you’ve got range! Loved all the vivid sensory details and the lyrical flow with the rhyme! Thank you so much for entering it in the challenge!

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