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Spring Hasn'T Sprung

Spring hasn't sprung: No bees have stung; No painter's fallen off a ladder's rung. No miner's contracted black lung. Spring hasn't sprung: No batter has swung At a strike three pitch that no hurler has flung In a ballpark where Opening Day Game banners have yet to be hung. Spring hasn't sprung: No dry parched tongue Has yet been clinged or been clung To lips burnt by the rays of the sun. Spring hasn't sprung: No song has been sung Off-tune and off-key in an obscure mother tongue By a lone crooner bereft of a love unstrung. Yes: It's ok that Spring hasn't sprung: --If certain particular news is not brung. March 30, 2018 Contest entry in "Spring Fling Zing Thing King (or Queen)" Sponsor - Michael Vacek

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Date: 4/13/2019 5:27:00 PM
Just re-reading this, Gershon, so bouncy and silly in a great way, so glad I made this a Fave! Hope Spring finds you soon!
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Gershon Wolf
Date: 4/13/2019 10:15:00 PM
Glad you like it, Michelle... Tomorrow's forecast (April 14) for Chicago: 1-3 inches of slushy snow accumulation; high temperature 39... 48 hours later it'll be 67 degrees. That's Spring in Chicago, alright! :) gw
Date: 4/1/2018 10:01:00 AM
Enjoyed this, so fun, as I enjoy all your writes -
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Date: 3/30/2018 1:23:00 PM
You NAILED it! This should do well in the contest! Good luck to you :) xomo!
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Gershon Wolf
Date: 3/30/2018 3:45:00 PM
Thanks, Maureen! --From your mouth to Michael Vacek's (contest sponsor's) ears, as the saying goes. :) gw

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