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			<title>Graffiti Notes</title>
			<description>suppose you compose Graffiti boogie-woogie while billions tip toe down below after the bitter bite; an apple cold did all souls hear strange construct fermented pipes frozen thoughts; thawed composition battling tempo writhe axles adjust transpose Graffiti notes crawling inners open cow hide..</description>
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			<title>Lotus Last Rites Of Passion</title>
			<description>Remember winterstark, bitter cold, white air, frosty clearremember playing the dead-eye of ones youthwhen all this was funnow; remember the balmy agebeneath the printed lion duvet&amp;nbsp;wriggling it gonedescending side of the bedremember refusing the mission positiona comfortable cowgirl insteadsunde..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/lepadah/743793/</link>
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			<title>Sweet Possession</title>
			<description>Sweet PossessionThe two&amp;nbsp;animus fold&amp;nbsp;an ocular work of artformless splendor; deeply pureslide creeping; caught sniffing scented armpitshands shivering&amp;nbsp;around the nape of your neckmeddling hair&amp;nbsp;acknowledge genial fondle&quot;I can barely... stop!&amp;nbsp;breathe&amp;nbsp;smother this swans noi..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/lepadah/718844/</link>
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			<title>Strands</title>
			<description>Strands (A Poem)Her hair shading&amp;nbsp;strands over the left eyeunder a pressured tremorsmall beads of perspiration&amp;nbsp;trickle slowly around the temple&amp;nbsp;of her freshly pressed hair&amp;nbsp;springing spice&quot;ultra sheen original hair dress&quot;he recalled&amp;nbsp;colored girlsgrown women lining the insideof..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/lepadah/710510/</link>
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			<title>Sayounara II</title>
			<description>Sayounara IISayounara&amp;nbsp;to all that could have beenbut never was or will&amp;nbsp;this is goodbyeto our communion&amp;nbsp;verses composed&amp;nbsp;short kisses&amp;nbsp;expressing endearing pecks&amp;nbsp;so long...to immortal tunes and Jackie's songstoo many to rememberto our generous laughter&amp;nbsp;at your theater..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/lepadah/710507/</link>
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			<title>Sister To Anais Nin</title>
			<description>Inside a yellow cabshe sits&amp;nbsp;crosses long legsfinger gloss lipspeering out at Flushing Bay&amp;nbsp;ten minute rideto house on the left&amp;nbsp;four doors downa lighted shadowstanding contentknowing specialness had arrivednude pictures packaged on tablebottled Negra Modelodownstairs counting nine steps..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/lepadah/654318/</link>
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			<title>Samaad</title>
			<description>Samaad A PoemMelt meaway with trembling tambourinesa micronucleus burst&amp;nbsp;jollying aboutvolley inbornonce caligiinous&amp;nbsp;lighted by current berries&amp;nbsp;allelula the cryBalm of Gileadsnatching pearls&amp;nbsp;tempt abstractionsreaping acquaintance&amp;nbsp;for inspiration&amp;nbsp;a yen for you&amp;copy; 2010 ..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/lepadah/654314/</link>
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			<title>Dream by Sinsemilla (seduction)</title>
			<description>beyond a great hilldown into a mossy quagmire&amp;nbsp;you descend before the glow of moonbefore twilight&amp;nbsp;the still deafening fireballablazea gazeeven though I need sleepI watch&amp;nbsp;under a blanket&amp;nbsp;an amorphousrevolutionize&amp;nbsp;the phoenix parousiai comecrawling out onto youshelter shoulders..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/lepadah/577283/</link>
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			<title>Traveler</title>
			<description>I am a vagabond on the streetI walk on the antiquity of these pathetic feetcallousedtwisted&amp;nbsp;determined to walk awaydetermined to run awayfast as i canI skulk the city&amp;nbsp;waiting for the right time&amp;nbsp;venturing out of tunnels after midnighthappy alone in a dingy bus depot&amp;nbsp;with all the o..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/lepadah/577282/</link>
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			<title>From Detroit with Thoughts of You</title>
			<description>Michigan nightstays light after darktwist off the Fish Eyespringing air with a fizz&amp;nbsp;when things fall apartthey unravel at both endsjust like childhood ribbonsstill boxedfringed like emotionswhen things falls apartthey become apparent&amp;nbsp;harder to hidewas I&amp;nbsp;could I beno you are still so v..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/lepadah/577281/</link>
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			<title>Swing Fan the Fire</title>
			<description>those legs are crossedunder deskthose thighs before the buttock pressed tightas one leg falls free to a sweet swinga pendulumthe quiet firean emberawait a return to igniteelongated fingers sweep across the keys of the computertyping to Miles &amp;ldquo;Kind of Blue.&amp;rdquo;coincidencethe night spentmorni..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/lepadah/535957/</link>
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			<title>Gypsy</title>
			<description>every friday I exit the subwaya gypsy woman beckons to tell fortunespromise detail of the futureslipping homemade flyers held by rumpelstilskin handsdiscarded and ignoredgypsy eyes follow up austin streetstood waiting outside mardi grasI stepped out into the last burst of down sunthe voice a sligh..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/lepadah/533636/</link>
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			<title>Lovely the Ballerina</title>
			<description>Monday, December 28, 2009&amp;nbsp;The petite dog ensconced near the fireplaceLovely the ballerina symmetrically upon the foot stool nearbyblowing smoke rings aside her headcamel cigarette butts stuffed in an ashtraywe shared the bottle of tequilathere was no fire burningjust candles flickeringr..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/lepadah/492060/</link>
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			<title>XIAO - The Sequel</title>
			<description>the little child with no namesits on a wooden chairlost and disconnectedoutside of himself there is no comprehensive conversationa relicdifficultsweet treats are given dailydiscipline mishandled by a grannywho always changing faceswho sits picking fingers to bleedcaught in her ow..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/lepadah/484015/</link>
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			<title>Pimp &amp; Baby Girl </title>
			<description>Hooked won't turn you looseI won't let you gohard to sayhow many lives perished awaytricked out by my Brooklyn appealI deal you stealyour grandma's pension checksto satisfy the get highoff my most potent s**tthat keeps you running down black streetssearching doorwaysalong des..</description>
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			<title>A Crippled Spectacle</title>
			<description>don't let me lingersomewhere in my own matterbe a sore to my own eyeif I have grown slightly dim wittedor visually dilapidatedcrippled by timedon't hold me a patient in asylumto be figured out like titicut folliesallow I beg me some dignityif the forward years are unkindscaring o..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/lepadah/466015/</link>
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			<title>Lox and Soulfood</title>
			<description>Funny watching my middle aged a*swiggle and jiggle to &quot;Hey now you're a rockstar.&quot;dancing on top the dining room table with only hot pink panties flashing in the mirroryears growing up in Queenslaughing remembering my idiosyncrasies and angstthe time I lost my Bozo lunch boxannounced o..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/lepadah/458849/</link>
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			<title>Change</title>
			<description>Unable to attach myself to changeI was forcedI needed to at least entertain the ideaChange like the seasonsWith falls new beginningEverything newThe walking amongst the leavesFreshly plucked away by the windYellow ones still soft with a slight crisp edging of brown ..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/lepadah/455231/</link>
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			<title>Homeless</title>
			<description>There was no place to goSo I sat inside Lincoln Center's Damrosch ParkListening to another oneOne of usPlaying his heart out on the violinBlack case on groundA few one dollarsA spattering of pocket changeFor us it is lonelyOur mate is often unfairCheating us out of fameFortune ..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/lepadah/450995/</link>
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			<title>Cat's Pee</title>
			<description>Cat's pee a dangling participle peppered your upper lipAlthough you were obliviousI sat waiting to hear new revelationsMagnificently you dissected Genet's &quot;Notre Dame des Fleurs.&quot;So I listen until your words meanderI left you sitting with lover NoraLumbering your way into my roomI ..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/lepadah/434427/</link>
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			<title>Georgia</title>
			<description>Georgia babyPeaches pecan pieShading of your riped sweet gumYellow Jasmine along road sideFanning PalmettosGods beauty Scared by racial hatredUnder her skirted trees lifted Stained blood still at the core ringsLynching covered up by bed sheetsPolka dot holes disclose a wicked jus..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/lepadah/428449/</link>
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			<title>Vagina</title>
			<description>VaginaModernist visions of O'keeffe flowersPerfect p*****sCarnal splashed upon canvasesLovers who tongue tickleOyster shell lipsQuivering to fully expose blush petalsSurrounded by sprouted folliclesOpening slow to the empress hole of lifeBy Lepadah2009</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/lepadah/419005/</link>
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			<title>Bed Unmade</title>
			<description>A terrainWrinkledCreasedWriggled by fidgety feetBunched cottonFolded layers of organicDamask or DupioniWoven threads from DubaiOne more luxurious than the otherAre simply left unmadeFaint imprintsHidden scents caught in the fabricNights filled with propositionsPossibilities..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/lepadah/417725/</link>
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			<title>Blues Man</title>
			<description>Why do the blues humBreaking the morning sunSweeping over fieldsAlong the dusk tracksOutside a lonely shackOn any given day you can hear blues man WilliePlaying easy off his threadbare guitarNotorious for his field holler...Hands rough from years being a mule skinnerCotton picker..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/lepadah/417350/</link>
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			<title>El-Hajj Malik El Shabazz</title>
			<description>I did not hear the drums this morning beating &quot;Denko&quot; for youOr the street singing for you It was silentBut I rememberedMy eye lids open to view my brown skinI remembered it was your birthday Brother MalcolmThe man of the hourShouted black powerParading your pride with harlem stride..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/lepadah/412383/</link>
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			<title>Touched</title>
			<description>You were no longer abstract to thought Tangible Like a rain shower A born rhapsody I am kindred to Oshun You Sango Cool snap fresh Like a green bean Not easily impressed Lyrically you stole a part of me If my years allow Please indulge my curiosity of your &quot;Muse.&quot; Without being intrusive submit By L..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/lepadah/410557/</link>
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			<title>Madoff</title>
			<description>This is not a recessionThis is an economic depressionNo financial protectionTime for reflectionMadoff made off with a billion dollar schemeRansack bloated pockets and blacked out dreamsCapitalist kleptomaniacWest Palm Beach socialitesNavigating through a new way of lifeBankrupted e..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/lepadah/402188/</link>
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			<title>Steps, Street &amp; Souls</title>
			<description>I walk each day seems like a million steps up/down stairsCross sidewalksKick rocksSkip/hop over broken cement streetsEyes don't meetStrangers sneak a spry eyeSwiping bodies collide during morning rush hourThe lights inside subway tunnels I look forward to seeingI don't know why..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/lepadah/395314/</link>
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			<title>Amelia</title>
			<description>I now know which way the wind blowsAgainst her pale skinKissing her cheeks redI have yet to witness a tear from her large perfectly blue eyesShe walks with me hand inside my hand without prejudiceI am holding onto her favorite stuff animal A black and white goatIsn't life ironicI now..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/lepadah/384252/</link>
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			<title>HATERS</title>
			<description>Show Epiphany's House some love &amp; respect yall.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/lepadah/378685/</link>
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			<title>Falling</title>
			<description>A Request from Oba.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/lepadah/378677/</link>
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			<title>My mother Heidi</title>
			<description>I shall not leave you alone in the windUnable to defend from its sometimes harsh whipThat pulls limbs loosely separating your once steady walkI watch you walkingA lonely walkA forgotten skip from youthA stumble from a pebble beneath your footYour pocketbook adds to the tipping of a t..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/lepadah/376438/</link>
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			<title>Junk Potpourri or Heads &amp; Brains &amp; Other Things</title>
			<description>Tchuba is watching me...</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/lepadah/376045/</link>
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			<title>Dawning of a w***e</title>
			<description>Poetry/Story</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/lepadah/372755/</link>
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			<title>Vodka Blue</title>
			<description>Performance Piece</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/lepadah/369204/</link>
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			<title>Groovy</title>
			<description>Falling into the quiet slumberMid afternoonCold bed sheets now warmYou are a beautiful layer of new comfortFolded arms unfoldCapturing this momentI rewind the snapshot of youSitting, waiting and readingInside the nobleI adore youlepadah2008</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/lepadah/367076/</link>
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			<title>Obatala</title>
			<description>Just my imagination at one timeWondered about youEven before I met youThere was a gentle touch to your workCalm and lightly affectionateDeep with a simple configuration of verseI became a followerI like your get downUsing your intellectual muscle to maneuver words and provoke tho..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/lepadah/358401/</link>
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			<title>Tantrum</title>
			<description>You told me things that I did not understandThings to hard to hearStrait jackets and suicidal madnessWhat lingers deep within etchings on your notebookPen marks deep incisionsRazor graffitiAre these demons available for conferenceOr is it you they summonOr do they arise when over the..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/lepadah/358396/</link>
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			<title>Aaquil</title>
			<description>You look through meThoroughly yr eyes searching insides examining intricaciesThe mechanics of my soulThere is no reaon to lie or parade around in fashion facadeYou already know the truthThis is why yr eyes condemn mineCajoled testimony Silent we are togetherW/o wordsYou know me..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/lepadah/353558/</link>
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			<title>Say What!</title>
			<description>I'm in love w/an &quot;OG&quot;He played me Bloodstone &quot;Natural High&quot;45 StereoLit me a bluntKneeled down to lick my c**tSome call him SuperflyI called him my manPaid me to dance to &quot;Running Wild&quot;I dance He watchedLepadah</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/lepadah/346235/</link>
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			<title>Morning like this</title>
			<description>She never stayed long enough to see the light of dayRising up A mist disappearing into thin airExchanges made w/tight embraceA drift into dark spaceStill airCold breathShe escaped Aboard an F trainQueens boundSatchel draped over her tired backGirl child holding her handEyes..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/lepadah/346231/</link>
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			<title>Mad Head - Part I</title>
			<description>the slow glowfrom the opaque street light near Bleeckertransfixedholding a cool gazefloating to a raunchy head beatthe distinct smell of eucalyptus honey visions of thick drops running down the side of Enola's mason jars extract thoughts of jazzI welcome the resurrectionand prepared ..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/lepadah/326360/</link>
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			<title>Miguel (a short i)   &quot;Tchuba&quot;</title>
			<description>Miguel my brothermy black brothermiguel pineroshort on eyesfar sighted brothershort of witliving death in a dreg worldof the dying &amp; the deadon the last A trainfrom hell / yrsalvation will wearyellow ribbons commemorating yr cowardlinesstoo afraid to l..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/lepadah/321453/</link>
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			<title>N****r Time</title>
			<description>it's n****r timelike hang them coon's high in the tree timeit's noose time again in AmericaAmericas Apartheidthe lynchings you could not hide&quot;help keep America clean&quot;&quot;help keep America white&quot;right!right!no reparation will be acceptedfor my people hung in the CarolinasGeorgiaA..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/lepadah/318960/</link>
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			<title>Hard Times</title>
			<description>So, so nouveauSidewalk cafesExpresso bars&amp; local pop up body art shops&quot;Organic&quot; is the word that paysA line starts to form outside a neighborhood bankUp the street is Silvercup StudiosFilming the next episode to &quot;Ugly Betty&quot;The line grows longerA crescendo of Spanglish is breaking ..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/lepadah/306464/</link>
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			<title>OP</title>
			<description>You fondled thoughts of me in mind scopeYour fingers tiptoe to pleasuresKindlySweetlyGently kissing my juicesLegs like sugar caneSetting afireI was captured by your desireConjured up some sort of wicked voodooI was caught inside your web unable to escape your ..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/lepadah/296064/</link>
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			<title>Noya</title>
			<description>Noya sat daydreaming and trying to  sneak in her kegel exercise while staring out at the 59thstreet bridge from her office window.  &quot;I'm single, black and broke. &quot;Lord knows I try to piece together my life mending edges, patching up a dysfunctional family&quot; she said to herself.Noya sat ba..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/lepadah/293642/</link>
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			<title>LEPADAH</title>
			<description>I can c no future anymoreNo emancipation for the poorMy addiction lays at the bedroom doorReady for another night hung over&quot;Pulp Fiction&quot; repeats on the dvd playerWhile the Rolling Stones &quot;Sister Morphine&quot; is on rotateInside the stereoIsolating my painEmulsifying my b..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/lepadah/281956/</link>
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			<title>The Bull Crying</title>
			<description>Industrial eyesstaringsmoke burning skiesincinerator hellablazeyr flag staggersswaggering in the windI stand for no man's symbolexcept GODLOVEmy captivityslaverythe redwhite&amp; bluewrapped tightly around my ancestors neckkept me from sing..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/lepadah/254043/</link>
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			<title>Ode to a lady</title>
			<description>she keep passing me byI try 2 search her eyesslanting to sidescould I be the star in her eyeI watch 4 her on pretty sunny daysswaying down the streetI run outside just 2 seewill she say hi 2 mesweet ladylonely eyedI think she is searching 4 her colored man..</description>
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