November 18: We Built This Citrus

Five years ago we bought a lemon tree

And put it in a smallish square of dirt

Never suspecting that the BBC

Its usefulness with silly would subvert,

Whose groundwork was laid out on our vacations,

With Smotherses and Freberg ever playing,

Developing my aural inclinations

For humor I had small hope of repaying.

But thanks to fandom, I found Cabin Pressure

I shared it with my folks to pay them back

For years of laughs, in hopes it would feel fresher

In Olney as in Qikiqtarjuaq.

So when my parents flew home...