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NEW GUINEA JUNGLE
Mike Berger, PhD
Lost in the steaming jungle of New Guinea,
I wandered looking for a way out. I looked
for freshwater. The stuff I found was putrid.
I thrashed through dense foliage and vines.
The canopy above was so tight I couldn’t
see the sun. The rancorous noise of some
monkeys pounded on my ears.
A steamy mist rose from the decaying
foliage and it had a raw smell. I was
beginning to worry; lost without any
direction.
A large snake slither past my face.
It was stalking some kind of shrew.
Moss entangled me like a spider web.
I was sinking into despair when the sun
burst through. The jungle came to a
sudden halt. There was a layer of
asphalt that led to a giant Wal-Mart.
