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Pleasant spring like day February 9th, 2024

Pleasant spring like day February 9th, 2024 A scent (and sixth sense predominates), when apple boughs and other aromatic flora laden with blossoms and fruit gently assail cilia of the nostrils, aside from aiding distinguishing pleasant or unpleasant smells additionally incorporate complex structures of the paranasal sinus mucosa in which function critical linkedin to respiratory defense. Cilia beat in a coordinated manner to clear the paranasal sinus cavities and upper airway of the mucus blanket that contains the pathogens and debris continually inspired in normal respiration. Avast extent of following poem crafted a couple plus years ago, when foretaste of temperate weather covered swath of eastern seaboard. Courtesy climate change (think global warming), I would forever wish to exchange unseasonably warm temperature (10 plus degrees Celsius in Schwenksville, Pennsylvania today) for brutally cold subzero windchill factor, no matter unseasonably warm degrees way out of expected range, of established “normal” far to balmy, undoubtedly for the likes of old man winter furious his blizzard snowbound weather forecasts shortchanged. Once thermometer readings rise even smidgen one moost not minimize Earth way out of balance, an inconvenient truth I haint gonna catastrophize as bajillion acres plus one after another ocean dries even the skeptic cannot turn third eye blind and believe contrary lies, when every species practically extinct and self proclaimed éminence grise doth trumpet and stubbornly tries to claim plethora unearthed resources as sudden goldmine against wages of sin former traitor joe (biden his time) redeemers actualize to catalyze nth industrial revolution teaching as heresy ecocentric, which material basket of deplorables power mongers bowdlerize concurrence toward meteorological trend most all people agree toward adapting, experiencing, and witnessing increase - fair in height degree bestowed upon Thomas Newcomen, Richard Arkwright, Samuel Crompton, Edmund Cartwright and James Watt first Industrial Revolution conferred as honoree appellation not necessarily in retrospect donned as noble pedigree, now hundred of years later downside we see of belching, coughing, disorging... yes siree foul, (née deadly) cancerous, gaseous, malodorous, noxious, poisonous... pollutants. Decreased dissension grudgingly did abate and one doubting Thomas less nasty toward the braying donkeys in general, when Democratic contender clinched the electorate majoritty unclouded protests muted trumpeting base aggressivity, depravity, and incendiary proclivity for hunted prey (slapped with felony charges that H_ lied on a federal form when he claimed being drug-free at the time unnamed person purchased a Colt Cobra 38SPL revolver in October 2018) hastening Grand Poobah to abdicate irrefutable proof generates contentious voices to accumulate additionally disappointment resolving global warming activists linkedin over Green Party blessedly to administrate hoop fully figurative tide will turn and aerate political atmosphere whereby progressive minds will affiliate otherwise business as usual, cuz spewing deadly particulate will only aggravate dire straits, where webbed wide world series of unfortunate events will airdate prophetic apocalyptic fate especially if nonprogressive stodgy former el presidente number Cuarenta y cinco commander in chief re-elected flush with bigotry and hate increased chance (chants) ripe state for revolution avast swath of population to amalgamate, and overthrow anachronistic government absolute zero survival unless dramatic nondestructive strategy eschewed to supplant exploitation and mandate radical transformation, which dramatic shift off grid if lucky requisite Earth friendly manufacturing can possibly ameliorate.

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