http://www.columbia.edu/cu/philo/tags/trees/ Philowixian http://www.columbia.edu/cu/philo/phlog/2008/05/wheeze/ http://www.columbia.edu/cu/philo/phlog/2008/05/wheeze/ antihistamine kilmer poetry trees Sun, 11 May 2008 05:57:00 -0700 2008-05-11T12:57:00Z <div><strong></strong><strong><span>(With no apologies whatsoever to Alfred Joyce Kilmer</span></strong><span>.)<br /><br /></span><div><strong></strong></div></div> <div> </div> <div>I think that I shall never see</div> <div>A beast so ruthless as a tree;<br /><br /></div> <div> </div> <div> <div>Whose majestic blooming buds</div> <div>Have filled my sinuses with crud.<br /><br /></div></div> <div> </div> <div>A cheery harbinger of spring,</div> <div>Oblivious to my suffering;<br /><br /></div> <div> </div> <div>A tree who pollinates all day,</div> <div>Plotting &#39;gainst my nasal spray.<br /><br /></div> <div>Whose blossoms blow their gentle sighs</div> <div>Directly in my swollen eyes.<br /><br /></div> <div> </div> <div>A nest of tissues in my pocket rests</div> <div>(An extra tucked between my breasts);<br /><br /></div> <div> </div> <div>Seasons announce themselves with roses</div> <div>My fanfare comes in blowing noses.<br /><br /></div> <div> </div> <div>My head fees like a sewer drain,</div> <div>Who intimately lives with pain.<br /><br /></div> <div> </div> <div>Anyone can plant a tree,</div> <div>But only God would do this to me.</div> http://www.columbia.edu/cu/philo/phlog/2008/05/wheeze/#comments