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And then again for the land.

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And this piece too
was a little bit

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of an assignment
for a group of folks

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here in town that harvest
mesquite beans and grind it,

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or else you can take your
mesquite beans to them

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and grind it.

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And they're also water
harvesters and educators

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around water harvesting
in the Tucson area.

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And the topic I chose
was about eating.

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And I just called it "Feasting,"
because it really isn't eating.

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Feasting is more
than just eating.

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Anyway, so it's
called "Feasting."

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"Mesquite bark, dirt,
pollen, and water.

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The flavor of the aroma mingle
at the back of my mouth,

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calling on my senses.

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The taste of green
is so strong, it

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colors the tongue
like a gumball.

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The flavor of dirt
is more than that.

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I can feel the grit
scrape my palate.

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The imagined grains
grind between my teeth.

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The dust of pollen rests
on the hairs of my nostrils

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like they would on the
delicate abdomen of a bee.

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I taste through smell.

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I imagine nectar
seeping through me.

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The holiness of the moisture
of clouds is gourmet.

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I gorge on the summer and
winter rains of the desert.

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I savor the goodness of wetness.

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It has the strongest aftertaste.

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The taste lasts a long time,
moving me to recall it--

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a reminder of my humanness.

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I feast, but I eat nothing."

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