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Running to your heart's content- base feelings
Running running running slowing to a STOP
His body gushing with adrenaline
As his heart goes a-thumpa-thump-a-thumpa-thump a thump a thump a thump
Slowing calming back to the smooth lake surface
His heart s l o w s to the drippings of amber syrup, yet he still catches the odd syncopated rasps of his breath
Striving to gather the air, like water to a man in the desert
water water WATER
His throat screams for relief, itself dry and old as a bone with air grating its sides
And fatigued legs tired as time, each two crude lead weights hanging off the body
Each step jars the body
Every thump of the heart advancing tranquility
Gulp after gulp of sweet water bringing him back to reality
A reality where he can s p
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