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Pine Tree in Spring


   (for Leon Damas)

Pine tree
flag bearer
of green memory
across the breach of a desolate hour


Loyal tree
that stood guard
alone in austere emeraldry
over Nature's recumbent standard


Pine tree
lost now in the shade
of traitors decked out flamboyantly
marching back unabashed to the colors they betrayed


Fine tree
erect and trustworthy
what school can teach me
your silent, stubborn fidelity?

Written by Chinua Achebe (1930-2013)

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