In the desert the most loved waters, like a lover's name, are carried blue in your hands, enter your throat. One swallows absence. (Michael Ondaatje)

In the desert the most loved waters, like a lover's name, are carried blue in your hands, enter your throat. One swallows absence.

Michael Ondaatje

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