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Something about me and a tree ...
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                                       A large tree- deep- in the forest
                                       Split when a lightning bolt hit.
                                       For two months it held together
                                       Until the weight became too much
                                       And the split section fell away
                                       With the tearing rattle of death—
                                       Sounds that I was not there to hear.
                                       But we hear what we do not hear—
                                       The cracking and thud of the hit,
                                       As life gives-way, and the broken
                                       Branches plummet to their purpose—
                                       Carving-out a wooden tombstone
                                       Serving to taunt our memory
                                       Into realizing our loss.




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