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There's a caveat on the living trees,
but don't chop up the dead wood:
especially not the trunks stretched
hollow, homes of snakes and echidnas.
When it rains hard they drum a bold
message, and when the wind stirs
through these sacred woodlands
they pipe like great church organs.
That's your patois.
Understand. Understand.
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