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day 07
waking up in big bend
just a fraction of the water drank during seven days in the july texas heat
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three thousand miles worth of bug guts
another five hundred home
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when you've been on the road without a shower or fresh clothes and your skin and jeans have developed patterns of sweat, sunscreen and dust.
you no long need apply more lotion or desire a shower.
sometimes i think i could live out here and never come back.
often times i wish i could.
[west texas, july 2015]