Examples of Green

The color of money, the muck in a stream;
There’s the color of envy, for the things that you’ve seen.
   Green in the gills from dangerous pills;
   Green scrubber pads that clean up the swill.
Apathy bound cuz you got no green;
Marks left on the finger from a cheaply made ring.
   The mark of distinction separating the sky;
   Post nasal dripping that simply won’t dry.
The color of Pippins, picked from a tree;
Throwing green money in an uncontrolled spree.
   Green little breath mints, there’s tic and there’s tack;
   Green Meadow racing, horses run on the track.
Green little candies called jelly beans;
Green colored mold that seeps through the seams.
  These are my examples, though a little off beat;
  That’s all I should offer before I repeat.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2007

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