I'm a tree.
Dead. Then floating free.
Mix, mash, and grind.
Under the sun.
By Lun.
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Paper.
The first four lines describe
the process of making paper: felling trees, pulping them, and after a couple of other steps, finally drying the paper
And the last line refers to
Cai Lun, who's often credited as the inventor of paper.