Weekend Edition: 'Nature Poem' by George Grau

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'Nature Poem'
By George Grau

The trees blow in the wind
Oxygen is released
recycled to the world,
True power lies there,
like a garbage truck,
Walking how weights do
Consequences hit us,
Walking we cannot.


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