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Letter From the Desert: Dry Lightning

Letter From the Desert: Dry Lightning

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Chris Clarke
Jul 26, 2020
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Letter From the Desert: Dry Lightning
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Each day is an endless haze of heat beguiling and dangerous. It soaks through my clothing, my skin, my bones. Joints loosen. Heat this strong and persistent gets personified, its thumbs working the tender spots along my spine, raking the nape of my neck. The heat elates me, enervates me, hollows me out. It is every unwell relationship I have ever had, a…

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