A Barren Tree

A barren tree

stands on a barren hill

in a barren land.

Sand all around.

Nothing but sand,

all around.

How had

it gotten its water?

Does water flow uphill?

Did it have roots

that went down deep?

How did it come

to be, from nothing,

on this barren hill,

with nothing else

around? How had

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