The Death of Blue

The M&Ms, Orange, Green, Yellow, and Brown,
all were gathered and standing around
the hole they had just dug in the ground.

Everyone had brought colorful flowers.

The sky was gloomy and the mood was dour

on the day that Blue was devoured.

Green, standing at Yellow's side,

 said, her lips quivering as she cried,

 "This truly is the day the music died."

Orange said, "I can't believe he's really dead."

"There's nothing left of him to bury,"  said Red.

And so they buried his saxophone instead. - Jeff Barnes