Do you remember?
Can you recall?
Your moment of rising
The time of your fall

Coiled 'round dendrites
Scales, worn with pride
Blinding your vision
from seeing inside

Saying, "Be fruitful"
Supplanting your root
Nibbling your tail
and cursing the fruit

Running away
from the place where you linger
Condemning yourself
while pointing a finger

Breaking your body
Liquid soul in your cup
A fanciful feast where
you eat yourself up

At times, potters field
Sometimes Calvary
One or the other...
it's back to the tree

Hiding among them
Escaping your sight
Subtlely, cunningly
coiled 'round dendrites

Confused little carpenter
toiling with timber
Can you recall?
Do you remember?

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