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			<title>-no title yet-</title>
			<description>The struggle against addiction lost another freedom fighter</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Steeven/1869730/</link>
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			<title>road rage: yours not mine</title>
			<description>Your erect middle fingerExtending the rod of your discontentTo attract not lightning but malice,As ants march towards a cricket's decay;This has worked for youBut not now, this minute, of this day.For i am not one of themAnd pay you no mind.The sun is pouring through young leaves..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Steeven/1869248/</link>
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			<title>to a plagiarist</title>
			<description>My words in your mouthHope linger like raw brussel sproutsFor your linguistic droughtI give you no waterTo boil their bitterness out.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Steeven/1868745/</link>
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			<title>on a springwarm someday</title>
			<description>on a spring-warmsomedayone handthree V'sstitch into yoursperfectly.on a some dayspring-warmm--MMmm-MmMmtelewires carrylove's melody.on a someday springon someday warmon a warmspring somedaynight waits to file the edges of starsstrip-wax-polish-shinethe shimmer..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Steeven/1868739/</link>
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			<title>on my way home after school</title>
			<description>there was a bantering, a battery of dialogue,a puzzle of sentence fragments and poor syntaxI couldn't solve.i discovered when i arrived,that it was spoken code-of disgruntled wives.naivelyi squeezed betweeninhalexhaleof their mystical punctuation...About how ALL men are a******..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Steeven/1868736/</link>
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			<title>Viva L'Crepes</title>
			<description>Humor</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Steeven/1868724/</link>
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			<title>God Bless You, Melatonin</title>
			<description>the pronunciation in an echo&amp;nbsp;is as clear as the onset of fog.the further ventured the more muddledit becomes. until suddenly&amp;nbsp;you step over a precipice and fall againstdream.God Bless You, Melatonin.soften my earscotton cover my visionlet me know this underdeveloped dementia,find the syllab..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Steeven/1468210/</link>
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			<title>somethings aren't better than nothing</title>
			<description>title reflects poem in no way</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Steeven/1468195/</link>
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			<title>*first poem after my flashdrive was stolen</title>
			<description>no circle is emptynor hole whole,but there seems to be a thinness in thesubstance of the circlean apparent density in the missing mass of the hole.this knowledge discoveredwhile tying juniper branchesexpanding their existence to include fenceas horizontal rain darkenedvertical lines on my underweara..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Steeven/1382422/</link>
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			<title>Love from the northwest base of Mt Fuji</title>
			<description>several poems ranging in quality</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Steeven/1367766/</link>
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			<title>pulp</title>
			<description>i was formed by the lines of her lipswarmth of breathmelted me to fill valleys sink into the grapefruit horizonof her smile.now malformed, a circle falling through large squares,rebutted against legs of trianglesno longer myself, let my shadow leadas i follow and become entangledwith others cast asi..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Steeven/1367762/</link>
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			<title>Dust</title>
			<description>an inquiry to what i wasdeemed unnecessary to replyafter all, is it a question of my history-present being? My origin, may be?but any ever see my voiceknow not a vowel need be audible i speak when disturbedas sunlight stirs within my wingsbutterflies fall silentto beauty, smooth as lullabyof mine. </description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Steeven/1367759/</link>
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			<title>patience</title>
			<description>Another triolet</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Steeven/1267223/</link>
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			<title>keep a flower like time</title>
			<description>find me, justme.no one following, shadows speak throughthe threat of light.soft-jawheavy &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; wordsweak teeth for lovespit toothevery truthrootpetaltreefind mejust mea flower i keeplike time.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Steeven/1216476/</link>
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			<title>as seen burning on t.v.</title>
			<description>i canpay supplylight i ndshootese shadows leaninover`nder`gainstfence, breakbrakelinesbut if i cut a throat with a candy-canesuffocate with cotton-c`ndy? thisis not myworldtwo mice ar`n`ver caught in onetrap</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Steeven/1216473/</link>
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			<title>?</title>
			<description>imwholeallwaysokfractured un brokencurved roundhdstraighta line n`vr`agni keepspinning threadto find (-)friendthrew in air`n i find hairo yoursin the `othingness ofdefeated mountainswhen strand slips keepsanity, elsey backfillout valleyalliadore has oenlycraters of armsto fallcrook me elbow i slumbe..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Steeven/1216467/</link>
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			<title>lips stars eyes</title>
			<description>eyesupwardouttatmosfereadmyringfanetestarimagin terraneeasilydrink its leaking lightts`why munched tagether `erdssunrise'll be fine typsyness'll dispateslowly swallo last bittrbit hardinnischal swigaquannum fisicseyesreturnedadoring softeskintastinginvisible hairpeak of yourearlobemylips tell astros..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Steeven/1179828/</link>
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			<title>em ohw</title>
			<description>bah to restrictions</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Steeven/1178166/</link>
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			<title>Priscilla Lane</title>
			<description>*a Grant-era actress</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Steeven/1177348/</link>
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			<title>n/a</title>
			<description>There is no pityNeither pennyOf sympathy-Empathy drainedFrom me like embryonicFluid from myMother.&amp;nbsp;Give them your apologyFor you- my dirtyDenims originally$90, but I know a guy&amp;hellip;Choke on remorseReconsider the discourseOn humanity..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Steeven/1177345/</link>
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			<title>some say it's dust...but i know better</title>
			<description>what&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;schematics estimates of lovelike gallons of paint to cover a roomsystematic balance might be desiredto coat the ambiance of your skin, i so desire?&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;no matter the multitude of blinks&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;you gave your eyes to me all their life-crinkles...time wrinkles...too muc..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Steeven/1166567/</link>
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			<title>for an old road in an old town</title>
			<description>christmas lights swung `cross-`bove streetdip like wet clothes slung on linein heavy hours before noon-shine.&amp;nbsp;a parade&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; avenues with barricadesbrass being pinched and tasted in my hungover dreams.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;empt..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Steeven/1165906/</link>
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			<title>a fable not a lie</title>
			<description>fear no demonchild,their tongues (-)tasteeyes (-)see(-)life wastes&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; like a garden mum&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;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; nearing autumn.&amp;nbsp;young one,child pull..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Steeven/1165896/</link>
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			<title>on the tracks in court house</title>
			<description>i see nothing beyond the bend(a bend that beckons-howls&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;&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;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; this is how it must end!)by all means of life that's..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Steeven/1165895/</link>
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			<title>in diluted gardens my flowers grow</title>
			<description>and forever follow if so shallowwe can feel the stones between our toesbut vowelsand constrictictionsleave the minnows eatingthe stubbed digitsdead dialsdecaying matters?&amp;nbsp;nothing anymorebut salty fishing poleslines extended beyond weight&amp;nbsp;but grease the reel&amp;nbsp;hemingway and minnows know</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Steeven/1162017/</link>
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			<title>can i call you back later</title>
			<description>there are no more'stomorrowstodaysandriods crying&amp;nbsp;left the riverall of it&amp;nbsp;each currentyou&amp;nbsp;because, if crawfishcould count&amp;nbsp;i would teach them your&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;your&amp;nbsp;phone number....&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;and you still wouldn't answer</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Steeven/1161999/</link>
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			<title>to what do i owe the honour</title>
			<description>unfinished</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Steeven/1153903/</link>
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			<title>friend like pronoun</title>
			<description>so you couldn't afford a pinkcadillac,i'm sorry.&amp;nbsp;i've tried contact&amp;nbsp;but the dead airwhere friend-voicecalm like prozacisn't...isn't where i'd look for my&amp;nbsp;mother&amp;nbsp;now my hands are soremoving rubble and resusitatein vain,&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; when around the wristi finally exposed worea chai..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Steeven/1152612/</link>
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			<title>jesus rose, they say, father fell...i know</title>
			<description>so it gave up, that heart of yours,&amp;nbsp;fell silent like a stranger tired of knocking on a door.&amp;nbsp;if they had left your eyes openi would have gone mad&amp;nbsp;dove to the floorbroke into dangerous sliverslike rarely used chinaprepared to stab the soleof the one who would disturb my fine pile of me..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Steeven/1152046/</link>
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			<title>do the insects eat around tattoos</title>
			<description>you wanted to meet fire, last warmth for cold bodywhy settle in dampness?&amp;nbsp;to feel the rain casuallyfill the empty apartment vacant of braintoknow as much a part of familyequally you'd be part of earth.&amp;nbsp;i knew you knew, though it happeneda few weeks too soon,&amp;nbsp;at least your story conclu..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Steeven/1152044/</link>
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			<title>when, charles, your bluebird died</title>
			<description>run out of paper write on the wallsfacesarmswhatever is in reach/your way&amp;nbsp;broke pieces of old wooden fencescribbled scrambledletters like eggs to eat whenever i regained consciousness&amp;nbsp;no one will inquirenod politetly passedand if one asks,wouldn't have the reasoning requiredto argue the vi..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Steeven/1149637/</link>
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			<title>stone-washed</title>
			<description>she is bruised, top-side-seared sirloin the marks are the colour of the gellatin meatinside&amp;nbsp;because she has been stone washeddiving into the ricochetof stones and boulder each day&amp;nbsp;in the moment before impacta hesitation and thought to retractintrepid stepsbut gives inas a week old rosefall..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Steeven/1149615/</link>
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			<title>heart on sleeve skin deep abrasions are fatal</title>
			<description>i've hung parts of me on the line, barefooted through unmanicured yardhoping i'll dry&amp;nbsp;birdy singing covers as i fold coversand a pile of laundry too masculineno complexity of lingerie or fraility of spagetti strapsdessert coloured&amp;nbsp;skirtsi can still imaginesherbert, sorbespilling over&amp;nbsp;..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Steeven/1149506/</link>
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			<title>staring into the sun</title>
			<description>Sun&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;risingbehind&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;tree, negates any coloursthat&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; might be, causes it to appear asilouette&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;-as though the tree itself was cut fromsky.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Steeven/1148819/</link>
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			<title>if kept cardigans of mine....and the excuse to....i'm walking to work</title>
			<description>841pmdry self lines close toplug hole&amp;nbsp;there was a glimpse of meguiding zipperalong outside ofankleand one hair i didn't speakjust reachedwith lips&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;hoping the m&amp;amp;m'speanutbutter filledlike the tipsof only you fingers&amp;nbsp;love the heghtgrowing fond of stilettos(mispelledi don't kno..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Steeven/1146915/</link>
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			<title>trials and triolets</title>
			<description>one thought
smacked into a fire
beat to set
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friggin triolets</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Steeven/1146847/</link>
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			<title>sonnets are for the birds</title>
			<description>sonnet cycle</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Steeven/1145633/</link>
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			<title>edits</title>
			<description>they sayread with the heart&amp;nbsp;but heart beatswastes not&amp;nbsp;every contractionlead-in-g constriction&amp;nbsp;many pronounsconjunctions&amp;nbsp;misused blipof blood&amp;nbsp;to point&amp;nbsp;noi you we werehe she could be's&amp;nbsp;bloodblip&amp;nbsp;saythat is all&amp;nbsp;</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Steeven/1142787/</link>
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			<title>n/a4</title>
			<description>every morning at one place of sleep are hawks...the other; song birds</description>
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			<title>love from february blooms-down</title>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Steeven/1131757/</link>
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			<title>n/a 3</title>
			<description>1i have lettuce, bland iceberg lettuce,no one else eats romaine but me,but i can rupture its mastoid processand spill my homemade vinagerette throughand we can pick limp leavesto coddle pepperstomatocheese for youtofu for meblushif oil fallsover chin.&amp;nbsp;photo of girl in field, baseball diamond ba..</description>
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			<title>burnt the bacon thinkng making for you</title>
			<description>oh, it's menot the woethat might be found in the&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; pathsi followed&amp;nbsp;cause i knowthe titanic sleeps peacefullyall because of me&amp;nbsp;like the long-toothhippie elephantsi couldn't choosemake a stand&amp;nbsp;warm or cold&amp;nbsp;chose humidityand negativity&amp;nbsp;brought it to a clos..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Steeven/1116243/</link>
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			<title>randy rose</title>
			<description>mandolin song</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Steeven/1114338/</link>
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			<title>last candle</title>
			<description>litcandleguarded&amp;nbsp;circled&amp;nbsp;navigated through&amp;nbsp;sleeping dragonswoken witchesanimated villians&amp;nbsp;as wick rose&amp;nbsp;cat-tails from brackish watersfrost i only remember&amp;nbsp;scent offlameto weak wax&amp;nbsp;the aroma of an&amp;nbsp;apocolypsenastalgicpepper and garlic saladif one waneswaxthe&amp;nbs..</description>
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			<title>no arc, only your back's arch</title>
			<description>WarmEgyptian cotton, thousand threadNoless,Bybody heat of my loveForabsent lover&amp;nbsp;BoatbuiltWhennet recaptures SheForthenMyghostAndyour ghostThoseTheirs&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Everyghost&amp;nbsp;Is..</description>
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			<title>father's mother is a machine</title>
			<description>Found my Father&amp;rsquo;s motherIs a machine&amp;nbsp;Her plug slipping itself slowlyFrom socket&amp;nbsp;Power light waningTechnicians push playNon-responsiveLight dimly blinking&amp;nbsp;Won&amp;rsquo;t cry for regretOnly smile sincerely Dust off old memor..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Steeven/1105220/</link>
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			<title>man-cub</title>
			<description>Little man-cubCan&amp;rsquo;tBalance waterjugOn head&amp;nbsp;You laughI leavefor cigBlaming tearsOn smokein eyes&amp;nbsp;Reality It&amp;rsquo;s myselfishnessI&amp;rsquo;m thebigCarelessbear.</description>
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			<title>n/a2</title>
			<description>if not for you or methen the infiniteness of challenge,deliberation, destruction-reconstitution;the lack of symetry the orbitof love contains.the idea never to be explainedbut fits in each of uslike pit in peach&amp;amp;protrudes as needles from cactushaphazardly wounding those in reach--this dangerous ..</description>
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			<title>today yesterday every day</title>
			<description>you may trywith promised return callsnot even a hurricanehad you return a message&amp;nbsp;even as a fireyou couldn't return a burn&amp;nbsp;the worseabsolute cursean indent on my heartyour finger print&amp;nbsp;prevents everythingdon't dare denywith eyesshutyou'restillthere</description>
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			<title>A Paper Bell Resonating </title>
			<description>4 poems</description>
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