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Life blooms, Death looms ...in 12 lines

"Life blooms, Death looms."

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"...What does it mean, Professor?"

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"Like an Apple on a tree, Kathy,

when it overripens it falls and rots."

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"...OK? ...Then What?"

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"There's No 'then What.' Life giveth, and--"

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"Life taketh away. And we're dead."

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"Excellent. Now you've got it."

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"...Well, yeah, but I was looking for

something, you know, a little more Profound."

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"...What can I say, Kathy? It's all I got.

I'm the old Apple in this scenario."

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