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Durio Chronos

Durio                   
              Chronos
                       Aljim
                           B.
                    Lituañas
Time     like     Durian      its          and 
          is          a            for       spiky       elusive
Its           that      for          like           its
      scent      last       days       time     memorable
        likes,           dislikes,     time      is
Some       others          like        it          relative
       smell          half         mile       time     is 	   
Its             calls           a            like        it        irresistible
      five             cells         like          divided      fives
Its           seed            are       minutes       into
     spiky          hard          like           humanity
Its           skin          open,        time                  strives
     when        pulp           its             is               description
But         its          tasted,      taste        beyond
       time      not                by         kind           limitation 
Like       it’s      subjected        any           of
      famed         of            fruits,        of          Kadyawan
Durian     king         all           Pride       Davao’s          Festival
         politics            by            D30’s                 for        revival
Time’s       changes      Pres.             pursuit      nation’s 
                   matter           painful          solutions                    
             No              how               the                   take,           
                    Like    a   durian,   like    today’s  time
                                 PATTERNS CHANGE.
                             


Tip: Read it in a triangular pattern Like: Time is like a Durian for its spiky and elusive ;-)

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