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TWAS ALWAYS UP But
Now I have observed
after 55
it starts its
DECLINATION
All these years it stood
UP
LIKE A TALL
STRAIGHT TREE
Now it seeks its own
DESTINATION
sloping downwards
looking
for its
BURIAL
when
you are still
alive
minus it
NOT SERPENT
DIES
after 55
it starts its
DECLINATION
All these years it stood
UP
LIKE A TALL
STRAIGHT TREE
Now it seeks its own
DESTINATION
sloping downwards
looking
for its
BURIAL
when
you are still
alive
minus it
NOT SERPENT
DIES
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