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 My Rubber Tree

A ficus elastica  be

The first house plant that I did get.

Also known as a rubber plant,

I got when it was still small yet.

But a bouncing baby, it grew,

Over time and with care, a lot.

Very often I had to do

A replant to a bigger pot.

The tree, now a tall gal or guy,

By my bedroom window does sit,

Looking leafy at eight feet high,

Bigger each time I look at it.

Way down deep one of my desires -

It will grow a new set of tires.