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a centuries-old grudge match between a tree and a pair of scissors, refereed by patience

oldest livingSome bonsai are over 1,000 years old
not a speciesAny tree can become bonsai, given torment
hiroshima survivorA 400-year-old bonsai outlived the atomic bomb
meansTray planting in Japanese, nothing about size
wired in placeBranches bent slowly with copper over years
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