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OH, NO---It's here

Oh  NO….it’s here
Hope springing eternal
Bringing with it
The plague of pollen
That nose drip
Even a plumber can’t fix
Oh, and MUD…
AND PUDDLES
AND WET DOGS
And those spinny things
Fluttering everywhere
And the birds
Oh those birds, birds, birds, birds, birds
The neverendingchatter
Of those birds, birds, birds, birds, birds
That chitter chatter squawking
The beady eyes a-gawking
Of those birds,
A tree and wire choir
Chirping lower and then higher
Swaying gently in the breeze
The same one that makes me sneeze
Oh spring
When I am inside I adore you
But when outside I deplore you
But you must do your duty
Shake your pollen coated booty
Tempt the bees in invitation
To commence with pollination

Copyright © | Year Posted 2025




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Date: 5/22/2025 8:34:00 AM
Wow John, "Pollen coated booty" the best thing I've read all day LOVE it! Also I share your seasonal allergy blues! Drip, Drip,Drip!! Happy Thursday!!
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Date: 5/17/2025 9:27:00 PM
You summed up spring very well. I've been sneezing a lot too but I enjoy the birds, even the crows. Thank you for your lovely write.
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Date: 5/16/2025 6:19:00 AM
Spring brings beauty best seen from a distance. Clever ode to the season of antihistamines...
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Date: 5/15/2025 8:29:00 PM
Three cheers for Spring. Yuk... Eccch... Feh. There, that feels better. ~ Gershon the Grinch
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Date: 5/15/2025 4:20:00 PM
I enjoyed the amusing fussing about all of Spring's sickening-gifts. 'Shake your pollen coated booty' made me out loud laugh. If true, I wonder where you live. There really isn't any humor in allergy torture unless you make your own, which you did creatively. In Texas, I learned sticking a tissue up each nostril helped w/ nose runs, but that wasn't an accepted look at the office. I hope you are effectively medicate. 8 line fm bottom, 'on' needs an 'e'. I hope you get to feel well - CayCay
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Date: 5/14/2025 5:06:00 PM
Ahhh... Finally a realistic spring poem (achoo, sniff)
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