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In the desert the most loved waters, like a lover's name, are carried blue in your hands, enter your throat. one swallows absence.
-Michael Ondaatje
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In The Desert The Most Loved Waters,

Michael Ondaatje
In the desert the most loved waters, like a lover's name, are carried blue in your hands, enter your throat. one swallows absence.
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