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You Do Not Prune an Apple Tree
You
do not prune an apple tree, oh, no
You
must become one with the apple tree
With
saw and loppers, not unlike a surgeon
An
especially conscientious one
The
intrusions of vines must be excised
And
the cancerous rubbish growths pulled away
Dead
limbs must be diagnosed and sawn down
And
the poor weeping ends tended with love
You
tell the tree to take the winter off
And
call you first thing in the coming spring
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