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That Tree Was Our Everything
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That Tree Was Our Everything

While I mowed the flowerbed, he tore out the shrubs.

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David schell
Feb 17, 2023
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This poem tells the story of a tumultuous and destructive relationship, characterized by a cycle of retaliation and destruction. The couple in the poem engages in a series of destructive acts towards each other, cutting, smashing, tearing, and burning, culminating in the destruction of the tree that was an important symbol of their relatio…

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