(With no apologies whatsoever to Alfred Joyce Kilmer.)
I think that I shall never see
A beast so ruthless as a tree;
Whose majestic blooming buds
Have filled my sinuses with crud.
A cheery harbinger of spring,
Oblivious to my suffering;
A tree who pollinates all day,
Plotting 'gainst my nasal spray.
Whose blossoms blow their gentle sighs
Directly in my swollen eyes.
A nest of tissues in my pocket rests
(An extra tucked between my breasts);
Seasons announce themselves with roses
My fanfare comes in blowing noses.
My head fees like a sewer drain,
Who intimately lives with pain.
Anyone can plant a tree,
But only God would do this to me.
