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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
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