A super-powered legume
ascended through the clouds,
a smile ironed to his face
and never looking down.
As the altitude increased,
and the distance from the ground,
the cape-clad bean's expression
slowly sunk into a frown.
The air was thinning quickly
and could no longer carry sound,
each breath growing strained
and green be-leafment turning brown.
His waving hair still ruffled
by a freshly dislodged crown,
the beany hero's form fell limp
as his shadow shrunk across the town.
A whistle, then a thud;
Boy, it sure was loud.
But the echo lingered longer
than the bean's once-slight renown.
Mayhaps some future rubbernecker
might just come by around,
to see this legume's remnants
in a tiny, stalkless mound.
