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			<title>Ravens</title>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/lilies/1348307/</link>
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			<title>cold, blue lips, Mary's last goodbye</title>
			<description>There was once a ghost,and hope was once a screaming, living being.There laid a maiden against her grave,and her lover begged on the streetsfor mercy behind &amp;#2013266048;&quot; some would say &amp;#2013266048;&quot; heaven&amp;rsquo;s gates.There laid a maiden, and she was dead -there she hid behind the curtains, not..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/lilies/1295378/</link>
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			<title>deathbed</title>
			<description>They left no bread behind to find their way back home.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/lilies/1293052/</link>
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			<title>no time to run, our time is gone</title>
			<description>In the husky breath of the morning air,leaves make their way from safe haven to bold ground, cold with the promise ofdeath. As so lightning and thunder warn from above and vanish within seconds inthe suspended dust, right before our eyes.If our breathing soothes and our sleeping lies right..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/lilies/1108632/</link>
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			<title>there was time for us to blame</title>
			<description>Through night and day she wept. Sometimesshe could see.There was nobody there.No one to blame for nobody wouldcare.From time to time she would smooththe covers of the bed and clean the nightstand. She would sit and cry.She would just fall asleep.And when she did, she would ..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/lilies/1092878/</link>
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			<title>lie awake</title>
			<description>She sleeps. No dreams could wake her up. Spokenwords got lost halfway.She&amp;rsquo;s tired enough not to hear the thundershaking the window frames. Lightning strikes and she sleeps in. She&amp;rsquo;s late for class. And when awake, she doesn&amp;rsquo;tspeak. They&amp;rsquo;re not looking now. S..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/lilies/1064024/</link>
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			<title>no remainings</title>
			<description>We&amp;rsquo;re as simple as the grayish pattern of withered roses. We were full of colors and shameless life. Now there&amp;rsquo;s nothing left for the sun to burn. No petals or thorns. Not even ashes. We&amp;rsquo;re gone.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/lilies/1036365/</link>
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			<title>times and times and no equal rights</title>
			<description>How can welook at the mirror and smile when there&amp;rsquo;s so many eyesthat look at the skywith no hope,no believing,people who see no starsfor tears and blurred sightslet no room for faceless cries?Why dowaves recallwith closed eyes,these broken wingsfor no feeling, no he..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/lilies/1034342/</link>
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			<title>the stars shine for us</title>
			<description>Just a short story I happened to write.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/lilies/1015547/</link>
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			<title>listen up...and then let go</title>
			<description>&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;His skin was so, so cold against myown. I could see him struggling to keep his eyes open, cold sweat dripping fromhis forehead, teeth clenching. I knew by the way he was gripping my hand thathe wanted to fight the pain, but it was we..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/lilies/1013042/</link>
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			<title>before the weather chills again</title>
			<description>&amp;ldquo;Please.&amp;rdquo; One single tear streamed down Lisa&amp;rsquo;sface as she wrapped her sister&amp;rsquo;s hand in her own. &amp;ldquo;Please, stay strong.&amp;rdquo; Shehad to be strong as well, for Sarah&amp;rsquo;s sake. Her face was paling, her warmthfading. Her lips were almost purple, her eyes were shut..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/lilies/998985/</link>
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			<title>keep up</title>
			<description>Invain, ashamed,We pretend.&amp;ldquo;Smile!&amp;rdquo;(I&amp;rsquo;m hurting.)The pain&amp;hellip;Don&amp;rsquo;t share,Don&amp;rsquo;t spread,Keep going,Heads up.&amp;ldquo;Step back!&amp;rdquo;Don&amp;rsquo;t move,Don&amp;rsquo;t try,Stay put.Water, Some wine,The poison this time.(Dying.)I&amp;rsquo;m fallin..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/lilies/998387/</link>
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			<title>not long until dawn</title>
			<description>&amp;ldquo;How is it that we end up the same way?&amp;rdquo;she asked herself every time. The cycle was always this way: tiring, saddeningand brought her to tears. &amp;ldquo;Why is it that it&amp;rsquo;s always the same?&amp;rdquo;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/lilies/998113/</link>
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			<title>one more last chance</title>
			<description>How many times should we lose until we finally learn to see?</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/lilies/997812/</link>
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			<title>it was a maybe someday</title>
			<description>(Written on March 28th.)</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/lilies/997637/</link>
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