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The Lone Tree’s Story
Waiting, waiting for some hullabaloo around it
The lone tree stared, stared towards the horizon,
wishing, wishing for some activity around it,
standing tall amongst the nothingness around,
only, with only the sound of silence engulfing his senses,
only, with only the chance encounter with a stranger,
sometimes, resting on his bark, a momentary moment…