Jelly Bean World:

Jelly Bean World


We live in a jelly bean world
filled with exotic
scrumptious flavors—

    pina colada, lemon lime
    strawberry cheesecake
    toasted marshmallow

and who could forget licorice?
Take a good look around,
the universe loves diversity

    and the rest of us
    should follow its lead
    and be willing to risk

the new and unknown—
How sad if we trudge
through life deprived

     rejecting variety
     tasting only the first jelly bean
     we ever put in our mouths

thinking that's all there is
or all there should be—
Go ahead...

    Indulge.