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			<title>Metal</title>
			<description>Ear jarring riffs shake my hearingI rush in to kick the door to splintersScreaming in sync with complete insanityGuns ablaze, my world is turned upside downFatigue sets in as I eliminate the enemyI feel no hurt while I push onBodies lay in all directionsBlood dripping from my faceI c..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Sypher/247843/</link>
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			<title>Mindless Clockwork</title>
			<description>I stand by watching the tides of lifeWars rage on, cycling historyHumanity in its ignorance striking outOnce more leading to nothingAnd nothing returning us to the beginningWe watch as redundency unfoldsAs we turn our backs awayAnd as we choose to just ignoreWhat we have is what we d..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Sypher/242862/</link>
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			<title>Brother Companions</title>
			<description>She is standing alone on the stageBleeding her heart out, explaining her purposeThe crowd speaks not, to awe strickenHer words catch in her throatI watch intently, with angerSurrounded by others like meA single, hot tear forms from her eyeSliding down and scolding her red cheeksAn up..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Sypher/236161/</link>
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			<title>Pure Neutrality</title>
			<description>Subtle peace and serenityTemperature brisk with purposeA white blanket rains from the skyDeath and sin forgotten instantlyCovered by impenetrable indifferenceAll that was wrong made all rightThe flame of hate put outHeated issues cooled and tranquilNo flaws left to ponderOnly thoug..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Sypher/235082/</link>
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			<title>Eight Legged Fiend</title>
			<description>Waiting in the corner, watching intenselyDarkness foreshadowing the entityAs motionless as an inanimate object Looking for the perfect momentMuscles tensed, ready to strikePure evil gazing through many eyesFangs dripping with the poison of deathAs all goes silent, all goes silentVict..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Sypher/235077/</link>
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			<title>The Beginning</title>
			<description>A rogue warrior by the name of Jurias sits and absorbs the heat of the now blazing fire. He had just hunted down a succulent boar, about 300 shillings of food. His blade sits near by, encrusted and stained in blood from the animal. Very little was known to anyone about Jurias, except for a few peopl..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Sypher/232297/</link>
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			<title>Prologue</title>
			<description>&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;The light from the Moon illuminates the small, miniscule opening in the forest floor. Blood drips from the blade of a sword recently used. The smell of cooking meat fills the the air, in a satisfying and intense fragrant. Everything is quiet, onl..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Sypher/232272/</link>
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			<title>The End</title>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Sypher/232270/</link>
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			<title>Ode To Me</title>
			<description>Who am I to be different or betterSeeking something that can't be foundFailure runs in my veinsLike rushing white watersProgress is out of the questionI cannot be saved from destructionNor be lead to such a pointLiving life of ironyStuck in a never ending mazeSwimming in the absent..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Sypher/232268/</link>
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			<title>Thinking About Never</title>
			<description>All I know how to do is believeAny other way I could not conceiveWhen you are lost and cannot be foundThere will be no one to lead you aroundThe Sun rises and the Sun fallsDo not follow just any callsAvert from evil, do what's rightFight the wickedness with all your mightTalk to the ..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Sypher/228945/</link>
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			<title>Sonnet of False Hope</title>
			<description>My heart aches when I gaze upon your beautiful faceI know not why I love you so very dearYou feel nothing for me, between us there is spaceYou glance at me, but it holds so very mereYou lie through your teeth; you smile in your sleepThis love I have for you is untold to anyone I dare not..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Sypher/228941/</link>
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			<title>A Girl Named Chelsey</title>
			<description>Her eyes sparkled in the sunlightDark, black hair rising and falling with the windHer smile brightens every dark roomThe beauty of her existence grabs my heartSqueezing so hard, but so softWe have never met, but I love herEvery tear she sheds, I feel miles awayStabbing me with intense ..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Sypher/225704/</link>
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			<title>Drowning Lament</title>
			<description>Rage surging in my veinsGreif inside of hateYou tear me down againEmotions run wildTaking over my mindControlling my beingBlinding horror engulfs meRealizing decrepit intentionsI lash out in soring disgustPraying for the faintest chancePleading for things to changeResolution or..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Sypher/225046/</link>
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			<title>Loving Repercussion</title>
			<description>Adoring youMore than the stars know how to shineSurpassing diamonds and goldI live in a void of blissDreaming senseless of youHeart blazing in compassionFist clench when we are apartKnowing that this is not foreverLiving only for the momentI am compelled by youAs we touch togethe..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Sypher/225041/</link>
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			<title>40 Dark Nights</title>
			<description>Complete darkness, nothing seenI hold your hand, afraid to let goNot able to recall your soft featuresThinking about your suffering brings tearsSenses are hightened, but not sightI can't remember what's wrong or rightFrom the distance, something clambersLight floods in as if to stare a..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Sypher/213382/</link>
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			<title>The Price of Freedom</title>
			<description>Why we are free...</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Sypher/211082/</link>
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