The symptoms are deleterious br Not something to sneeze about br A condition sneeze-ingly serious br As the season’s ragweed sprout br br When pollen invades the nasal br It causes sensations galore br The doc’s most common appraisal br “Hay fever, we shouldn’t ignore” br br Linked to a watery rhinitis br With outpourings of ocean dimension br Or a fiery sinusitis br Inflaming unwanted attention br br Though crazed as the maddest mad-hatter br We victims sneeze and live through it br Not given much choice in the matter br We tearfully blow and achoo-itbr br Stanley Cooperbr br