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02 02 2020  Groundhog day 2020 reads the same forward and backwards. As long as we don't go to some other type of calendar, that will never happen again. "Very interesting", as Sgt. Schultz would say.

Doctor Phil Sees 2020

Doctor Phil Sees 2020
By Franklin Price
1/30/2020

Oh two-oh two-two oh -two oh
 Punxutawney Phil's big thing 
The halfway point of winter days
Progressing to the coming Spring

A one time numeric happening
Comes on this groundhog day
Front to back, or back to front
Reads the same both either way

Punxutawney Phil comes out,
His shadow on his mind.
He'll look in all directions
Doesn't know what he will find

Some people call him Doctor Phil
Shadow spotting his degree
If there is none, for him to spot,
An early Spring for you and me.

If there's a shadow there to see,
No clouds providing blocks,
Spring will wait another week
Until the Equinox.

Spring Equinox is twenty March
In the event you didn't know.
The next season is Summer
That's just how the Seasons go.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2020


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Date: 1/30/2020 10:09:00 AM
Very cleverly done. - Franklin
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Date: 1/30/2020 10:20:00 AM
Thank you so much Michael
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