getting drunk on water

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tasteless sweetness.

that clung to the throat

harsh and harassed.

clicking its way out and

up to the brain.


vibrating.


it was insidious

as it overtook me.

quick like a snail

or a turtle on speed

and i was  spinning

as it pervades the senses

of my senseless body

the lingering hunger

and thirst was banished

and i felt shallow.


i felt little.

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