I’m living my life in a fog
filled with despair.
Tears running down my face
eyes blurry
tissues at my side.
Pollen
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Reblogged this on O LADO ESCURO DA LUA.
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Thank you for the reblog!
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Good job of turning lemons into lemonade. Hope you feel better.
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This was truly a joke/humor post because I’m not a poet (no kidding). But I thought it would be a funny way to express how my life is pollen today. After I see my grandson’s tee-ball game I’m taking a Benadryl and a nap. I look like a basset hound.
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Hey, anybody can be a poet if they write poetry. This was better than some ‘serious’ poems I’ve read. (And possibly some I’ve written…)
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Thanks! My husband burst out laughing when he read it. Of course I think he’s lost count of how many times I’ve sneezed today. And I’m sure it’s very annoying. At least I’m not teaching today. Although the students would get a kick out of me not being able to get through a sentence.
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So sorry to hear you’re miserable. 😦 Have you seen an allergist? You shouldn’t have to suffer like this! My husband has year-long allergies and hasn’t been able to taste much for a few years now because of chronic congestion, but at least his meds (and shots) keep his other symptoms at bay. Hope you get some relief!
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Thanks. That was truly meant to be a joke, although I’m not exaggerating the symptoms. Just exaggerated my despair lol. Benadryl works wonders, but not if I want to function. So after seeing my grandsons today I’m going to come home, take a Benadryl and have a nap. If you wrote a book about murder by allergies I would buy it right now.
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Ha, now there’s an idea!
There are non-sedating antihistamines out there. Maybe one of them would give you relief but not make you so sleepy? Then again, a nap sounds quite nice. Zzzzzz
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Non-drowsy Benadryl works ok, but not as good as nap-benadryl. I’ve heard Flonase is good. By the time I get around to it we’ll be in the next type of pollen season.
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Yes, Flonase is great. It’s an intranasal steroid and really helps, but it should be used every day for it to be effective. It’s not as needed like Benedryl or Claritin. Hope you get over it soon!
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Thanks for the tip!
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I can relate, baby. Apparently I was a “mouth breather” last night. Woke up dryer than King Tut’s mummy. Sinuses are so bad right now. Can’t be pollen in the air since it’s been raining here for 3 weeks. Used to be only seasonal, but in the last few years I have nick-named myself Cotton Ball Head. That’s what my nose must be stuffed with. Yes, Benadryl works, but the trade-off is a Zombie-like trance state that renders my usually effervescent personality into that of a doorknob. So, I feel your pain, like Thoreau said, “If misery loves company, misery has company enough.”
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Word.
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I have a similar reaction to certain hairsprays which is why we ditched all aerosol sprays years ago.
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This year it’s bad. I just had the scratchy throat and some sneezing for a day or two and then by yesterday I wanted to take my eyeballs out and wash them. Today is baaaaaaad.
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How awful for you. Hope things ease off a little now.
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Me too. I thought if I wrote a funny thing I’d feel better. So the poem was fun. Obviously, I’m not actually in despair. Thank you for the well-wishes.
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I’m sorry that the wrong flower got pollinated.
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Haha
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LOL! Pollen, that was good. Yeah, probably not so funny for those suffering through it though.
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Thank you for realizing the poem was humor (or that was my intention) and that the allergies are not funny. 😃
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I hope you live through this yearly ordeal, my friend suffers too and cries with the pollen.
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And it’s such an attractive look, lol. I feel like a basset hound with my rheumy eyes and runny nose.Thank you.
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oh I know especially the bright red nose.
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Lol
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Ah yes, the joys of pollen. Oh, and the Flonase does work. I use it daily.
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You are the magic 3rd person to tell me this. So I’m going to try it.
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You had me worried until the last line! But then I just felt empathy, because I am shedding the same kind of tears.
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Lol it really makes us miserable, doesn’t it? But in the grand scheme of things, it’s a very minor trouble.
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Me too, I was concerned about your mental state until I saw the last line. You scamp.
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Lol. It occurred to me that I looked more like someone in despair than someone with allergies.
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Hahahahah this was great
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I’m glad you realized it was a joke. But I’m still miserable. Not quite as bad as that day, but this is such a bad allergy season they are talking about it on the news. Trump, allergies, Trump, Korea, allergies.
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Some may say they’re all related….
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And some may be right.
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Wow.
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😂 never knew that something funny can be so beautifully written.
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Thank you! And I’m very happy that you have read my blog 🙂
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My pleasure.
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