systemic in nature
four blue spruces
form a boundary
along the south side
at the base of the hill
a splendid reminder
of all that is good
by the start of summer
their needles turn brown
prematuring dying
and likely affected
by the great imitator
lurking in the wood
may two thousand twelve
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Nice!
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