it toppled in last week's hurricane
an old botanical friend
for decades unnumbered
shaded myriad passers-by
beneath its wide, green plumage
in every season
exchanged silent greetings
with its temporary tenants
a fixed magnificence
cut down to inconsequential stump
marker for its long-lived service
an obvious absence
quickly unnoticed now
by this once-close roadside associate.
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