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Aug 2020
Drips sweat
and yet
being a sucker for punishment
he stoically resists coming in from
the sun,
the sum being,
dehydration,

self preservation
finally kicks in
kicks him
in the nethers
and whether he wanted to
or not
he moves,

sprawls out
falls out
calls out
for water.
John Edward Smallshaw
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John Edward Smallshaw  69/Here and now
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