Stephen Crane

[michael_kovel]

In the desert
 I saw a creature, naked, bestial,
 Who, squatting upon the ground,
 Held his heart in his hands,
 And ate of it.
 I said: "Is it good, friend?"
 "It is bitter-bitter," he answered;
 "But I like it
 Because it is bitter,
 And because it is my heart."

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