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Ahh the ginkgo tree. Lovely fluttery leaves like fairies dancing with fans in their hands. All summer long these shimmering fans wave and twinkle and it's beautiful. Like these are the artisan fairies that have crafted the most pleasing and unique type of leaf, and they want everyone to join in their revelry and be happy.
Then in the fall these fairies paint each fan an electric yellow, a bright sign of the change of seasons. "Hey! It's autumn! Put on your new costumes and let's dance some more!" So they dance and dance and perhaps they imbibe a bit. And a bit more. And maybe way too much. So they become sotted and sick. And then they throw up all over the sidewalk and everyone who walks past that once majestic tree looks at the bottom of their shoes to see if they've stepped in dog poop and pinches their noses and walks past much much faster and then reroutes their walks so they don't have to go past that one house with the ginkgo tree in the yard again. I hate ginkgo biloba trees.