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 --- A GOPHER-LIKE INTERFACE FOR HIVE BLOCKCHAIN ---

The Twenty First Potato.

BY: @jeezzle | CREATED: Feb. 23, 2018, 11:58 p.m. | VOTES: 21 | PAYOUT: $7.46 | [ VOTE ]

Ladies and gentleman, sit right down.

I'll tell you a tale of a tuber that's brown.

Rumor says you can pull these right from the ground.

They once saved the life of a man that had drowned.*

*Probably not true.

The Twenty First Potato.

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I dragged myself home from a weary work day.

I wanted to eat but had no funds to pay.

What could I eat?

What could I do?

My stomach did rumble, my misery grew.

I stopped by the market and saw a big sign.

Russet Potatoes.

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"These will serve me just fine."

I laid them out in a very long line.

A line, my dear reader, is what makes things taste fine.

I then asked the Checker how many per bag?

She raised up her eyebrow, the gnarly old hag.

"I will tell you this.... of potatoes there's plenty."

"Though there be a lot, it is no more than 20."

I took my bag home with the proudest of grins.

"With this bag of potatoes my good luck begins."

I counted them out, near the spot by the Sun.

I love counting spuds, it's a great deal of fun.

17, 18, 19 and this......

I held up my hand and my giant green fist.

I fired my joy like an elephant gun.

"You say there be 20..... I count 21!"

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TAGS: [ #fiction ] [ #humor ] [ #poetry ] [ #story ] [ #writing ]

Replies

@milano1113 | Feb. 24, 2018, 12:24 a.m. | Votes: 1 | [ VOTE ]

Looks like she was one short, I mean there was 21 not 20 as she guessed. You could eat one and return the .... of 20 back. lol
I like this dancing Russet potato.

@jeezzle | Feb. 24, 2018, 1:01 a.m. | Votes: 1 | [ VOTE ]

Nah I just thought it sounded better to start at 17. Thank you for reading it.

@dfinney | Feb. 24, 2018, 12:57 a.m. | Votes: 1 | [ VOTE ]

Potato 21 has a bit of spunk in it’s step. πŸ˜„πŸ˜„ I love this. So whimsical.

@jeezzle | Feb. 24, 2018, 1:01 a.m. | Votes: 1 | [ VOTE ]

Thank you. It just sort of came to me while I was in the kitchen.

@brandylynne | Feb. 24, 2018, 1:03 a.m. | Votes: 0 | [ VOTE ]

Thats Great.
Can I ask how you did the dancing potato?
Its probably a stupid questions that everybody on the internet knows about but me, but I think hes great.

@sriz | Feb. 24, 2018, 8:21 a.m. | Votes: 0 | [ VOTE ]

I just woke up and start to smile while reading this , thank you and have a nice weekend xx

@hollyup | Feb. 25, 2018, 3:47 a.m. | Votes: 0 | [ VOTE ]

This was fun. It read like song lyrics - I was half expecting someone to pop out with an old jug and washboard and we could all clap along. Or maybe not :D

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