The best question to research would be “How does the Saguaro desert survive without water?”
The Desiderata is that poem: "<span>Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence".
The plot is basically self-help. Get up and get on with it.
I am not sure about the setting. I can make a guess: the setting would be the human mind.
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But woo her, gentle Paris, get her heart,
My will to her consent is but a part;
An she agree, within her scope of choice
Lies my consent and fair according voic