[Geysers] Another Geyser Carol

[Stephen Eide]

Thanks.  Sweet.
Steve Eide

On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 7:46 PM, Bill Johnson <canbelto at gmail.com> wrote:

> Would Steve be hopelessly offended if I took a crack at this too?
>
> (To the tune of “Good King Wenceslas”)
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>
>
> *Tara, Kitt and T.S.B.*
>
> *Sat at Beehive, hoping*
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> *Indicators soon to see;*
>
> *Lacking one, they’re moping.*
>
> *Then across on Channel 4*
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> *Came tidings so surprising*
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> *That it made their spirits soar:*
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> *“Mastiff’s water’s rising!”*
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> * *
>
> *Geyser gazers near and far*
>
> *Too numerous to mention*
>
> *Ran to Upper Basin’s star*
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> *With their full attention*
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> *Focused on good things to come:*
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> *Mastiff, Bijou, Feather*
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> *All behaving, bringing some*
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> *Gazing friends together.*
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> * *
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> *But alas, it didn’t go;*
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> *Giant still lay sleeping.*
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> *Gazers’ faces filled with woe;*
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> *Some were even weeping.*
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> *But as the excitement died,*
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> *With Feather growing shorter,*
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> *More ecstatic gazers cried,*
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> *“Look!  There’s Fan and Mortar…”*
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> * *
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> *So, our moral’s plain to see*
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> *As we face the New Year:*
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> *Long years after you and me,*
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> *Geysers still will be here.*
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> *Yellowstone, we love you too*
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> *For the joys you give us.*
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> *Happy Holidays to you*
>
> *And a Merry Christmas!*
>
>
> -- Bill Johnson, with thanks to all of the above, and many more who've
> made this relative newbie to geyser gazing feel welcome.
>
>
>
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