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The Salad Bar

December 17, 2009
By vniemann2011 BRONZE, Canterbury, Connecticut
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Life is a salad bar, with so many options.

You might not know which to choose.

However, you choose what you like,


and leave what you don’t.

The salad is topped with many things,

carrots, onions, croutons, olives, tomatoes.


So many choices.

Just make sure you don’t put too much on your plate,


you just might get sick.

So sit, and enjoy your salad. Eat your way through,

until you get to the bottom,

and the main course comes.

© Jaideep R., Bangalore, India

The author's comments:
What inspired me to write this was being a teenager and how fun it is. You have to enjoy it, while making all of the right choices because there are a lot out there to make. Just have fun with it, because real life is just around the corner; a.k.a. the 'main course.'
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