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"So soon, so soon. And the crows, they swoon at the two red holes..."
In 2000, I suddenly developed an allergy to poison oak (Toxicodendron pubescens) and poison ivy (T. radicans), though I'd spent my life until then - some thirty-six years - coming into exposure with both without any reaction. Anyway, I learned to stay away from the stuff, to spot it from a mile off, and I haven't had to deal with a reaction since ( Read more... )