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[[!tag antihistamine kilmer poetry trees]]
		
 <div><strong></strong><strong style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size:85%;">(With no apologies whatsoever to Alfred Joyce Kilmer</span></strong><span style="font-size:85%;">.)<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><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 '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>