Stocking Up

Aerial battle

Bluejays vie for monkey nuts

Mid-air collisions

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Nasturtiums

All summer long they

Battled night-munching earwigs—

Now they’re flourishing!

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Knit-picking

Mom used to say, “I’ll

need my sweater-coat.” (never

“jumper”, nor “cardi”)

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Seasonal Disorder

In January,

Stores break out the Valentines;

Mine’s* still on Christmas!

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*colloquial for my house

Fake Out

“Officer” Schultz called

To tell me to “take action”

Me: “Hogan’s Heroes”?

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