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the poisonous fruit<br />
by Lucy Defty, <strong>11</strong>a<br />
HAYWIRE Issue <strong>11</strong> <strong>Spring</strong> <strong>2018</strong><br />
i am the fruit of the poisonous tree<br />
and as the fruit falls off of me<br />
i realize that it is i<br />
the poisonous tree beneath which rotten fruit lie<br />
my roots reach deep into the earth<br />
my trunk is strong in width and girth<br />
from where comes the death i continue to sow?<br />
it comes through my roots from the earth below<br />
that earth which to so many gives life<br />
kills all my fruit like a carving knife<br />
but if all the others may live careless and free<br />
than in conclusion the poison is me<br />
i create the blooms and also the berry<br />
my branches grow heavy with the joy that i carry<br />
so heavy i feel that it was all for naught<br />
As my fruits sink into the earth and rot<br />
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