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Oh, Bidings of Discomfort. Oh Boy [a hyper-link'd poem]

The 2016 Phillies will be an acquired taste that may take a lot of bitter herbs.

[Ed. Note: We begin National Poetry Month by knowing how the Phillies will verse everyone else.]

your co-pilot, in the elevator of the Hampton Inn, will see your workout gear, and say:

"Phillies fan, huh? Tough year!"

to which you will respond:

"Yeah, they're kind of young," and chuckle, all the while wanting to strangle him with bowties made of your middle fingers

and string him up, as a cautionary tale

over the curbcuts of Alpharetta, or Falls Church, or some damn Edge City

built for these caffeinated water-skimmers.