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Dessert Hallucinations

February 14, 2010
By AMCLRIDCA PLATINUM, CDA, Idaho
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AMCLRIDCA PLATINUM, CDA, Idaho
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Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take... but by the moments that take your breath away.

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Water,
water,
someone pleads.

His clothes ripped.
His skin burned.
His lips bleeding.

He crawls along the dessert sand,
barley breathing.
Then a vast lake does he see.

Of which he wants to drink deeply,
but as he goes to take a sip,
all he gets is sand.

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Story of a guy lost in the desert. He has been there so long that he starts to hallucinate.
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AMCLRIDCA PLATINUM said...
on Jun. 26 2010 at 12:19 pm
AMCLRIDCA PLATINUM, CDA, Idaho
31 articles 2 photos 226 comments

Favorite Quote:
Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take... but by the moments that take your breath away.

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I wouldnt either! Especially with the whole sand in the mouth thing... Yuck! (: Thanks again! You are so sweet!(:
MoonlitxRose BRONZE said...
on Jun. 25 2010 at 11:04 am
MoonlitxRose BRONZE, Albuquerque, New Mexico
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&quot;If at first you don&#039;t succeed, try again.&quot;

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Yikes! I wouldn't want to be lost in a desert like that! Nice job and poor guy! *Sob*
AMCLRIDCA PLATINUM said...
on Jun. 9 2010 at 7:38 pm
AMCLRIDCA PLATINUM, CDA, Idaho
31 articles 2 photos 226 comments

Favorite Quote:
Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take... but by the moments that take your breath away.

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Oops....!!! My bad.... (:
melone96 said...
on Jun. 9 2010 at 4:13 pm
melone96, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia
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desert as in sand and hot and dry land is spelled w/ one s

dessert with 2 s's is like ice cream or cake

i was just clarifying

AMCLRIDCA PLATINUM said...
on Feb. 25 2010 at 8:33 pm
AMCLRIDCA PLATINUM, CDA, Idaho
31 articles 2 photos 226 comments

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Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take... but by the moments that take your breath away.

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Thank you!
Sarbear GOLD said...
on Feb. 25 2010 at 4:09 pm
Sarbear GOLD, Milan, Ohio
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I liked that, it made me think and I like poems that don't say everything that's happening, you had to think into it and realize it's hallucination. Check out my poems, too.