Short Unpalatable Poems

Try
to make of it
what I may
the answer
unpalatable
any which way....

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By all means, forget how to be bitter,
For bitterness will eat your innards out
Make you as unpalatable as kitty litter,
And turn you into a disagreeable pout--
Destroy it …  if you ever want any clout! 

Written May 6, 2022...

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confounded again
Croesus latitarsus
birch sawfly larvae

Found these Birch sawfly larvae (8th June 2018), on a self-seeded Silver birch sapling growing on the upper bank of my pond. Not sure but I think the bright colours could mean they are unpalatable?...

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About this show,
My girls are amused,
Interrupting my sports,
Intruding my news,
To the television,
Their eyes are glued,
Ignoring mom cries,
Snacks or food,
So a series,
I just viewed,
And I thought it was,
Oh so rude,
On a talk show,
Girls fighting half nude,
I found it unpalatable, 
I found it lewd.....

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The day he took me to Starbucks
I figured I was gaining in luck

Then all he did was complain
How the coffee wasn't humane

It wasn't fit for human comsumption
The tasty treat was dry, their gumption

In serving such unpalatable treat
Oh well, another date now unsweet

Starbucks I still love you even though
Have to get decaffeinated coffee drink slow

Nathan thanks for the challenge
Contest: Coffee House...

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Wild Indigo...
Color of my third eye
Elevates my soul
To universal realms 
Of blissful peace.

July 3, 2017

Baptisia Australis or Wild Indigo:
Has a mild toxin that makes them unpalatable to cattle. The Wild Indigo Duskywing is an insect that likes the flower because the flowers have a mild toxin in them which helps defend the caterpillars that are layed on them. The root system consists of a single taproot. Considerable variations of moisture are tolerated....

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