I know cut one’s branch by one’s axe

By David Aoloch Bion

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In noon

The man took axe

Climbed,

Sat on the branch of tree

Started to cut

The same branch

He sat on

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Someone warned him

‘’you’re cutting your branch

You sit on, you’ll fall down’’

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‘’I know’’

The   man replied

And continued cutting branch

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Another person warned

‘’you’re cutting your branch

You sit on, you’ll fall down’’

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‘’I know ‘’

The man replied

And continued cutting branch

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In the blink,

The branch cut

The man fell down

Badly broke his

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In the groan of thigh

He wrote on

Leaves of branches

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On the bough, he writes

‘’once you cut the branch

You can’t fix it again’’

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On first leaf, he writes

‘’I know

Cut one’s waist’’

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On second leaf, he writes

‘’I know,

Broke one’s thigh’’

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On third leaf, he writes

‘’I know

Cut one’s branch’’

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On fourth leaf, he writes

‘’ I know

Cut one’s waist by one’s axe’’

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On fifth leaf, he writes

‘’ I know

Cut one’s branch by one’s axe’’

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