Friday, August 23, 2013

dying of thirst in a blazing sun

I dream of swollen rivers


flooding under a dark humid sky

the clammy coolness covering


sore-ridden skin that aches for

the soothing flush of a racing brook


as the damp bank evaporates

and the hot sand receives and enervates my dream...





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