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ALLERGY APOCOLYPSE

Summer arrives 
and so does the pollen~  
a tiny, floating army  
armed with microscopic nun chucks  
and zero remorse.  

My nose becomes a weather siren,  
blaring at every breeze.  
My eyes water like I’m reading  
the saddest novel ever written,  
though I’m only looking at a tree.  

Sneezes erupt with the force  
of minor natural disasters.  
Birds scatter.  
Neighbors stare.  
Small dogs reconsider their life choices.  

I try to be graceful,  
but grace is impossible  
when your face is a faucet  
and your sinuses are staging  
a full-scale rebellion.  

Still, I step outside~  
brave, heroic, and congested 
because summer is beautiful,  
even if I can’t see it clearly  
through the allergy apocalypse.

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