car trunk won't stay closed

Something got messed up on my car trunk locking mechanism. It's a 95
Ford Taurus.

The trunk will stay closed but you can pull the trunk open with a
little force. No matter how hard you close it, it just isn't locking
around the locking post. I tried adjusting the locking post up and down
and sideways and every other way but it just doesn't change anything.

But if I remove the locking post and push it into the lock on the
trunk, it locks solid. So something has to do with the trunk coming
down into closed position. Yes, I tried getting into the trunk and
closing it but I could not see any obstruction.

Could be that the trunk has always been this way. But I'd like to fix
it if possible.

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