{"id":1416,"date":"2017-01-07T15:23:48","date_gmt":"2017-01-07T15:23:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thepoetryoftonygraham.com\/?p=1416"},"modified":"2020-02-25T17:55:35","modified_gmt":"2020-02-25T17:55:35","slug":"the-prickly-pear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thepoetryoftonygraham.com\/?p=1416","title":{"rendered":"The Prickly Pear"},"content":{"rendered":"

Have the bees been playing tricks on me…?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>

I went to see my apple tree
And what did I find there?
Not my favourite Granny Smith,
But instead a prickly pear.
Now I\u2019ve never heard of this before,
A most unusual situation.
Must be the result of a freak of nature,
An error in cross pollination.<\/p>

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So I rang the Cross Pollination Institute,
To ask them about my pear,
But they were out cross pollinating,
So I got no answers there.
It must be the bees who had got confused,
So I know where I must go,
A bee keeper lived at the end of the lane,
The last cottage in the row.<\/p>

But the bee keeper couldn\u2019t help me,
Yesterday he\u2019d been badly stung,
And off he’d been whisked to hospital
After the ambulance had been rung.
It was certainly proving quite difficult
To find out about my prickly pear,
I know! I could try the library;
I should find the answer there.<\/p>

Down the hill and across the bridge,
The library was by the church with a spire
But when I got there, oh what a shock,
The library building was engulfed in fire!
Fire engines parked along the street,
There were firemen and hoses galore;
I was feeling really frustrated now,
Under my breath, I nearly swore.<\/p>

Then I remembered the interweb,
Google it, come on, I should have known!
But would you believe it, my router was down,
A connection appears to have blown.
So on went the kettle, I needed a cuppa,
To help me try and recuperate;
Finding out about my prickly pear
For the time being, would have to wait.<\/p>

Then one last idea came into my head,
I could use mobile communication.
A photo taken and shared on line,
I could ask for some information.
So off I went to photograph it,
No way was I going to be beaten,
But when I arrived back at my apple tree,
By the birds, the pear had been eaten!<\/p>

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Have the bees been playing tricks on me…? I went to see my apple treeAnd what did I find there?Not my favourite Granny Smith,But instead a prickly pear.Now I\u2019ve never heard of this before,A most unusual situation.Must be the result of a freak of nature,An error in cross pollination. So…<\/p>\n

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