(to: "Now is the month of Maying", Thomas Morley)
O welcome spring and summer
The sunshine makes us dumber
Fa la.....
The grass is slowly dyin'
Beneath the dandelion......
All creatures green and slimy
Come slithering close by me.....
The sun and heaven's dome a
Cause of carcinoma......
I hear mosquitoes whining,
The poison ivy shining.....
Bacteria and virus
Attempting to retire us......
The bears in irritation
Awake from hibernation.....
The wasp and hornet swarming,
Tornado clouds are forming.....
Without refrigeration,
There's such an infestation.....
The deer ticks resurrected
With Lyme disease infected......
I just saw a dark tick,
I'm heading for the Arctic.......
© Garrison Keillor 2002