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Bend not break…
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Wind,
it whips,
whirls,
swirls.
Trees tremble.
Evergreen
she hurls
her needles
flying through
the air.
She bends
but does not
break.
I would be
Like the
evergreen,
though surrounded
by howling winds,
I would rather
bend,
not break.
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