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Automaton Green Beans

Automaton green beans
soon ruled the planet.
Resistance was futile
we were conditioned to think
they were good for us.
If only they had been 
brussels sprouts,

Copyright © D.W. Rodgers | Year Posted 2014

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April 19, 2014 at 2:32 PM

I'm not a vegetarian, but I do like green beans. This poem was a fun one to read! Well done, Dave!...Thank you for the kind congrats on my poem. :)

April 19, 2014 at 3:19 PM

Thanks Kelly

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April 18, 2014 at 10:09 AM

This is funny to me as well. You got me at the end...I do not like Brussel Sprouts..lol

April 18, 2014 at 10:21 AM

Thanks always good to smile.

Andrea Dietrich

April 16, 2014 at 3:30 PM

haha, this is kind of a funny one to me, since I don't like EITHER of these veggies. CAn we just have a TATOR king rule us??

April 16, 2014 at 5:04 PM

As long as we leave their skins on.

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