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Choices

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Twenty brands of cornflakes

On the supermarket shelf.

A myriad minor choices -

"But is there something else?"

 

Sixty flavours of jam,

A hundred kinds of pop.

Tons of trivial choices -

But only one place to shop.

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terry ireland

Mon 9th Sep 2013 14:45

Too true, and nicely said. Loved it

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Starfish

Fri 23rd Aug 2013 19:55

Makes a serious point in a fun way.
Starfish

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