August 12, 2013 Photo of the day: "Make a wish!"

Dandelions: My sworn enemy

ever since a first grade field trip

to the aptly-named Dandelion Park,

where a boy picked a bouquet

of "pretty yellow flowers" for me (aww!).

I took them home, along with a bad case of hay fever!

Yet, these sunny, allergy-inducing blossoms

can be really quite beautiful.

Who hasn't picked a fuzzy dandelion,

and blown a wish to the four winds,

a wish multiplied by every tiny grain?

I just wish they didn't make me sneeze ;)