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# In the desert
- URL: https://poetic.ly/in-the-desert-on-loan/
- Published: 2026-11-12T19:21:10.000Z
- Updated: 2026-11-12T19:21:10.000Z
- Description: Stephen Crane · The Black Riders and Other Lines (1895)
- Author: Christian Harder
- Tags: #loan, #actual, #Import 2026-11-12 14:31

In the desert  
I saw a creature, naked, bestial,  
Who, squatting upon the ground,  
Held his heart in his hands,  
And ate of it.