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doctor-peggy · 4 months

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I almost forgot!!! Happy marmot day to everyone except this poor guy who does not seem to be enjoying himself. America, your gods are strange and interesting.

Also last year I wrote a poem about him while I was in a depressive haze and it ended up submitting it to a magazine so I did not post it. But! This year I will. Because it’s very silly and I’m proud of it for this reason. Not that I have an audience but I mean you know that’s not the point of tumblr anyhow.

Marmot; A short love letter to Phil

I wonder what he’s thinking when

They lift him up so high

You worship him, your god of spring

He’s just a little guy

He truly is just. A little guy. Thank you to my friend for reminding me that today is Groundhog Day.

#punxsutawney phil #groundhog #a poem about groundhog day #I feel like I’m not sure if I should even tag this with relevant tags #like I could probably just toss this into the tumblr void #it feels almost too personal to use any tags that would broadcast it to anyone who looks up those tags or follows (?) those tags #I mean I’m not sure if anyone follows those tags tbh #anyway as a non-American groundhog day is fascinating and hilarious #like oh yeah there’s this one specific groundhog that predicts the coming of spring each year and they stream it live and people watch it #and honestly most people don’t even know much more about said groundhog #but his Wikipedia page is pure gold #the lore is insane and I love it #like… apparently Phil the groundhog has been making these predictions since 1886 #he’s functionally immortal because he drinks ‘groundhog punch’ and ‘the elixir of life’#or something like that #he has a wife #but she doesn’t get the elixir of life apparently so she can’t live forever #anyway I love groundhog day. feels like the kind of thing Americans would call exotic if it happened in my country.#quick someone write an anthropological essay about it out of their ass before I end up doing it myself

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