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The Wire

he strung a wire between the trees

in lieu of a fence

& wound it around each

to secure it

the trees added rings

year by year

while the wire rusted

finally it was deep within

& the fence was no more

years later another cut down a tree

to discover the core had been

blackened by the iron

the twisted wire rang

when touched by the saw

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