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Evening falls on the garden, 
There is no more time for tea.
How oddly we sculpt our world,
Rather than letting it run free.
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Who knows what once lived here,
Before the British required their drink,
Yet all over the world, nature is 
Being pushed to the brink.
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Monoculture, monoculture, no
Resistance to disease. 
Parasite, parasite, eat and 
Drink all you please.
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<center><sup>**Polynoid Scale Worm**</sup></center>
## So, just who is the Parasite? 
# And  Who is the Disease?
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### <center>_**“The Tea Garden”**_
by
**Jerry E Smith
©4/14/17**
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