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Friday, May 6, 2011

Stephen Crane: "In the desert..."


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Alentours du volcan Izzeguerit, sur le Bagzane (Aïr Mountains, Niger)
: photo by Jacques Taberlet, 2002





In the desert
I saw a creature, naked, bestial,

Who, squatting upon the ground,

Held his heart in his hands,

And ate of it.

I said, "Is it good, friend?"
"It is bitter -- bitter", he answered,
"But I like it
Because it is bitter,

And because it is my heart."





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Issouane Erg, Sahara Desert, Algeria: image by ISS Crew Earth Observations and Image Science & Analysis Group, Johnson Space Center, 16 January 2005 (NASA)

File:Rub' al Khali (Arabian Empty Quarter) sand dunes imaged by Terra (EOS AM-1).jpg

Sand dunes in Rub'al Khalia, Arabia's "Empty Quarter": image from Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer, or ASTER, aboard the Terra satellite, by NASA/GSFC/METI/ERSDA/JAROS and US/Japan ASTER Science team, 12 December 2005 (NASA)


Erg Chebbi, Morocco: photo by Rosino, 10 January 2006

Stephen Crane (1871-1900): "In the desert...", from The Black Rider and Other Lines, 1895

"I cannot help disappearing and dissolving. It is my foremost trait."

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