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The Elder

In the shadow of this tree,
Judas mapped his misery,

But saw no finger-post, save one:
A beckoning oblivion.

So up he climbed, with labored breath,
To where he could devise his death.

The twisted tree, by time distressed,
Would ratify his wretchedness,

And let him fall — his loss complete,
The seamless sky his winding sheet.



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