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			<title>the proverbial finger</title>
			<description>For Rachel - my two cents.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Christel42/374847/</link>
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			<title>frank</title>
			<description>all these yearsI've forgottenwasted awayagain &amp;amp; againtrying not to rememberyour face, the painof rejectiondesolate, unloved, not caring&amp;amp; I can't anymore</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Christel42/374176/</link>
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			<title>Available to Promise</title>
			<description>We often ignorethe seemingly mundaneand utterly absurd.&amp;nbsp;We wait impatientlyFather Time ticking awayMother Nature making do.&amp;nbsp;Without you herein my arms againuntil tomorrow.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Christel42/368426/</link>
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			<title>choices</title>
			<description>11/08/08&amp;nbsp;Where to start?&amp;nbsp; It's the drinking, more importantly the whiskey.&amp;nbsp; I am completely out of control and see no end in sight.&amp;nbsp; I have got to stop this detremental behavior or risk losing everthing I have.&amp;nbsp; I''m scared.&amp;nbsp; I don't know if I' strong enough to do t..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Christel42/339499/</link>
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			<title>destination unknown</title>
			<description>streamline&amp;nbsp;down&amp;nbsp;the line&amp;nbsp;i steal a peek&amp;nbsp;at steelcars wailing away&amp;nbsp;woot woooooooot&amp;nbsp;as the rain cascades&amp;nbsp;down the window pane&amp;nbsp;i imagine destinations&amp;nbsp;unknown</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Christel42/337091/</link>
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			<title>Just now</title>
			<description>I had a thought,&amp;nbsp;and then it flitted away,&amp;nbsp;leaves blowing down&amp;nbsp;a tired, gray alleyway,&amp;nbsp;followed by a discarded,&amp;nbsp;plastic shopping bag.&amp;nbsp;My mind has gone&amp;nbsp;almost entirely numb.&amp;nbsp;I am playing with fire&amp;nbsp;and waiting to feel.&amp;..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Christel42/325699/</link>
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			<title>this time</title>
			<description>for Stefan</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Christel42/325310/</link>
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			<title>STOP</title>
			<description>I wish I couldSTOPDo it all over againSTOPAnd remember the waySTOPWe dreamedSTOPAnd laughedSTOP and criedSTOPAnd tried STOPTo make this work&amp;nbsp;</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Christel42/324469/</link>
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			<title>city love</title>
			<description>you are&amp;nbsp;everything&amp;nbsp;to me&amp;nbsp;I can see&amp;nbsp;tomorrow like&amp;nbsp;heaven at the end&amp;nbsp;of my tunnel&amp;nbsp;silently watching and&amp;nbsp;waiting for peace</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Christel42/316300/</link>
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			<title>no such thing</title>
			<description>Inspired by a song from John Mayer.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Christel42/316299/</link>
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			<title>always</title>
			<description>RepetitionContemplationInebriationAppreciationOf Life</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Christel42/304555/</link>
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			<title>breathing</title>
			<description>Breathing in and outand in and outand I falterBlackness floatsin my visionaround my eyesbecomes onewith my soulthe empty spacein which I hideand waitfor tomorrow</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Christel42/301082/</link>
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			<title>Postcards from Thailand</title>
			<description>Just another Saturday morningWith a beer in my handI stand on the brink Of insecurity feeling My thoughts spinningNot winning this game I&amp;rsquo;m in.&amp;nbsp;Inside my mind I&amp;rsquo;ll stayUntil one phrase Pushes me over The edge of sanityStraight into the bottle.&amp;nbsp;Sands ..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Christel42/274945/</link>
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			<title>freedom</title>
			<description>Swirling, spinning thoughts collide&amp;nbsp;Coincide with my everyday&amp;nbsp;As I scream and dream&amp;nbsp;Of a tomorrow where&amp;nbsp;Lies and envy can&amp;rsquo;t control me&amp;nbsp;Deceive me and kick me&amp;nbsp;When I&amp;rsquo;m down and out,&amp;nbsp;Lost in the shuffle of life&amp;nbsp;Passi..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Christel42/274843/</link>
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			<title>cockrock playlist</title>
			<description>My life{Shout At The Devil ~ Motley Crue]would be[Crazy Train ~ Ozzy Osbourne]more fulfilled[Follin' ~ Def Leppard]if I could just[Welcome to the Jungle ~ Guns 'N Roses]wear my ipod [Talk Dirty to Me ~ Poison]constantly.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;My life[Anarchy in the UK ~ Sex Pistols]..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Christel42/259578/</link>
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			<title>What if?</title>
			<description>I always saidthe thoughtsthat cameto my brain&amp;nbsp;You never hadimplied thatmy mothermy best friendwere not worthyof my affection&amp;nbsp;I lied to youeveryday&amp;nbsp;Could you live with it?</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Christel42/259564/</link>
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			<title>Letters to Thailand</title>
			<description>I dreamof the dayyou don't call meanymore.Midnight messagesof delusions thatlaugh at the demonsbehind my eyes,at the lies younever told me.I scream,&amp;quot;Goodbye&amp;quot;.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Christel42/254190/</link>
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			<title>everyday</title>
			<description>I can see The Endright before my eyes,ears,hands,grasping at straws,sleeping in shadows,starving with fearmy dear.&amp;nbsp; The demiseof Mankind is all around us.Touch it quickbefore it's gone.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Christel42/254132/</link>
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			<title>covet</title>
			<description>For you, Cupcake.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Christel42/250460/</link>
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			<title>Surgery Day</title>
			<description>Well, the big, scary part is over.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Cold knife has been wielded, and I have survived!&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;I got ready in record time that morning!&amp;nbsp; Up at 5:15.....out of the house by 5:35.&amp;nbsp; Of course, there really isn't that much a girl has to primp, when they forbid make-up and fash..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Christel42/249643/</link>
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			<title>Pre-Op</title>
			<description>Almost happy day!&amp;nbsp; I got to leave work early.&amp;nbsp; I'm milking this Cancer-card for all it's worth at this job!&amp;nbsp; Stupid corporation that only allows two freaking sicks days a YEAR!?!&amp;nbsp; (see my short titled &amp;quot;Flu-Tube&amp;quot;, and you'll know why I get sick all the time).&amp;nbsp; So I ..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Christel42/247061/</link>
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			<title>Flu-Tube</title>
			<description>S**t that goes through my head on the long road home.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Christel42/244483/</link>
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			<title>The beginning...</title>
			<description>The most annoying part for me is, this does not run in my family at all!</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Christel42/244072/</link>
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			<title>Cold Knife &amp;amp; Fear of the Unknown</title>
			<description>This is a journal of sorts, mostly just for me, as I need a place to vent &amp;amp; cry &amp;amp; show my fear.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Christel42/244053/</link>
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			<title>go ask</title>
			<description>Asinine&amp;nbsp;Lecherous&amp;nbsp;Ignorant&amp;nbsp;C**t&amp;nbsp;Enough is enough&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;when she's 10 feet tall&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Christel42/239128/</link>
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			<title>the real me</title>
			<description>Desperate&amp;nbsp;confusion seeps in&amp;nbsp;to the place where I hide&amp;nbsp;behind this facade&amp;nbsp;hoping and waiting&amp;nbsp;in doorways, cigarette billowing,&amp;nbsp;whirling away my memory in whiskey.&amp;nbsp;Look&amp;nbsp;and see.....truly see&amp;nbsp;who&amp;nbsp;I cannot&amp;nbsp;be.&amp;nbsp;M..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Christel42/232947/</link>
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			<title>repentance</title>
			<description>hips swingin'singin' aboutlife and lossand love andbeltin' it outlike Janisor Jimi or Plantbeggin' forforgivenessunder urbannight lightspines onthe skylinethe world streams past waitingfor no one</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Christel42/231069/</link>
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			<title>act now</title>
			<description>you preach&amp;nbsp;i speak&amp;nbsp;of demons&amp;nbsp;released into&amp;nbsp;the night&amp;nbsp;the day&amp;nbsp;I tried&amp;nbsp;to live&amp;nbsp;&amp;amp; believed&amp;nbsp;in something&amp;nbsp;other than me</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Christel42/231026/</link>
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			<title>give 'em the boot</title>
			<description>i wish i could squish your mind under my thick - soled boot - tramping leather-stomping splatter your scattered thoughts across the 2 am fuzzy screen screaming &amp;quot;you thought you knew me&amp;quot; &amp;nbsp;</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Christel42/206443/</link>
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			<title>You don't</title>
			<description>understand me&amp;nbsp;or&amp;nbsp;care&amp;nbsp;anymore</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Christel42/204592/</link>
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			<title>From Poeme to Endless Love</title>
			<description>&amp;quot;I like your new perfume.&amp;quot;, he says.&amp;nbsp;I am taken aback by this admittance,&amp;nbsp;from the man who usually turns&amp;nbsp;momentarily from the television to say,&amp;nbsp;&amp;quot;How was your day?&amp;quot;.&amp;nbsp;Between whiskey shots &amp;amp; cigarette breaks,&amp;nbsp;I'd forgotten ..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Christel42/204587/</link>
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			<title>untitled</title>
			<description>a mysterywithout a keyto unlock your insidedoor to your mindthe wheels of timekeep turningand I keep churning&amp;nbsp;out the same nonscensical bullshit&amp;nbsp;dripping from my tongue, my heart, my pen&amp;nbsp;lie awake for awhile &amp;amp;&amp;nbsp;remember me</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Christel42/202255/</link>
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			<title>rare</title>
			<description>i ain't no vegetarian&amp;nbsp;smell of burnt&amp;nbsp;fat &amp;amp; flesh&amp;nbsp;drooling, craving, dripping&amp;nbsp;slam me a slab&amp;nbsp;of bloody Betsy&amp;nbsp;on my plate she pools&amp;nbsp;knife &amp;amp; fork tools&amp;nbsp;slap down the napkin&amp;nbsp;&amp;amp; devour&amp;nbsp;</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Christel42/202245/</link>
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			<title>working haiku</title>
			<description>&amp;nbsp;Sleeping peacefullyNot aware that I am hereDreaming while awake</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Christel42/202233/</link>
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