SOME TREE

Sometimes I really like the very simple. Cutting to the chase. Bottom lining.

In Charlotte's Web, "Some Pig" sums (pun) it up pretty well. As Some Tree sums this picture and caption accurately.

My first thought was "A Crown of Thorns Tree." Then I looked more closely and thought to myself, "is that a woman superimposed or superexposed in that picture?" Then I just thought it was "Some Tree".

I'm not sure of its kind. But I don't feel bad about that. Botany was not my bag in juco. I kinda liked it, but like a lot of studies, I wasn't ready for it when it was introduced to me. I'm glad I stayed away from Econ back then because I know that at my maturity and experiential level then, I wouldn't have been ready.

But why I don't feel bad is because of the Arizona Allergy Tree. Of course, there's no tree with that name, but I've yet to find anyone who can identify the tree that hurts me. It is yellow/orange with small balls when it blooms. It takes my breath. It makes me gasp by its sweet, sweet aroma. It's like it must be being gassed. But no one seems to know what it is. Actually, it's a very popular tree that lines parking lots at malls and some neighborhoods. We have a couple of huge ones a few blocks away. I'm trying to kill them by throwing my ABC gum in their proximity. So far, it seems to be having the reverse effect as they thrive from chewing gum oxidation.

So, if long time AZ residents can't identify, then why should I be able to? Again, it takes me back to lab practicals in Botany.

I really would care to know its official name, as long as my chewing gum worked.