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."
In the Desert was written by Stephen Crane.
Stephen Crane released In the Desert on Tue Jan 01 1895.