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A trade wind
caresses the fevered …..torso …..of …..a ……parched ……..land
Sweeps ……..across ………the ……….contours …………….of ……………….its …………ridges ………and valleys
Through the fissures of its soul
Mild relief docks in the……………………………………………………………….. integument
Observing …………..the ……………protocols ………….of ………….a ..secret code
The senses ……………..resistance ……………………………erode and fold
In ……the ……….land …….of ……the ………lion's……………. world
Carbide ………fumes ………permeate ….the clothes , the skin
Marks the trace that ……. poachers ……..have been !