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From Tai Shan, With Love

"I was at the drugstore, looking for just the right Arbor Day greeting card, when I noticed another shopper intently pawing through the "For That Special Someone" section.
He was wearing dark glasses and a baseball cap, but his distinctive black and white fur, and the faint but unmistakable odor of bamboo, gave him away. It was Tai Shan , the National Zoo's giant panda."

This column appeared on 3/14/2006 in washingtonpost.com is weird but contains this great poem:

"Judge Leonie M. Brinkema,
Please tell me what you thinkema.
I don't want to raise a stinkema,
Just tell me how you feel.
I may only be a panda
But you have to understanda
That I want to hold your handa
And feed you bamboo, peeled.
P.S: Do you like me?"
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