Day 5 Community Asylum Seekers Project May 2025 Art Marathon

I played around in the garden the other day…and true confession, there is a weed that I sing to. I thought it was called Agriponium, but because I’m writing this blog, I needed to fact check the spelling. I found out it is actually called Aegopodium podagraria or, appropriately for this Vatican’s Conclave first day gathering, bishop's weed, or gout weed. It is very persistent and loves to live in my garden.

A friend came by many years ago and cautioned me to rip this plant out aggressively. I let it go the first year. That was a mistake. It doesn’t look bad, but it does prevent other nice things from happening.

So the song I sing? The song that gets stuck in my head every year from May to October? It’s sung to the tune of the Ramone’s “Psychotherapy” ( it might get stuck in your head for a long time but if you dare, it’s here). My song is basically just singing (incorrectly) Agriponium over and over again, instead of singing “psychotherapy.” It’s Very Punk. I guess even more so, now that I know I’ve been singing the name wrong or else singing it with a punk accent.

Indeed this song has made me name Aegopodium this year’s winner of “MOST PUNK” (since it is yearbook time). Along side it in the garden is Bittersweet, also a weed that loves to grow in my yard. It wins “MOST PERSISTENT” and to make good on the ant drawing I promised…. Black Ant wins “MOST ENERGETIC”. I’m sure there are some more winners to be announced this month. Stay tuned!