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			<title>Paper Moons</title>
			<description>softer day imaginings &amp;nbsp;waning for the nights gone longerwhere softness melded intomindful photographs that slide more than stay &amp;nbsp;nights of summer warmthand air softly moving like the caresses that carryforever...in a blink of the eyesoft chiffon flowing &amp;hellip;sheets..</description>
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			<title>THAT</title>
			<description>There is in it a bit of humor but mostly disdain when I think about it.I am aged now but in my younger days I did do THAT.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;THAT is what now is more ants under the skinThan an appreciation of the art and tincture. Shall I leave you two alone? PLEASE may it yet ..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/smdavis/3134012/</link>
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			<title>A Public Artifact</title>
			<description>This is not that which is not thatwhich is not the other. A stolen moment seen out loud was previously only in the recess of my mind.&amp;nbsp;It is that, but still not that and perhaps&amp;hellip;it could be the other.&amp;nbsp;Only you can tell me. </description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/smdavis/3134010/</link>
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			<title>Censure</title>
			<description>Ah. That words of sharpened blades and forked tongue would ease that tired waning pain thus setwithin a fathom so deep.&amp;nbsp;For there is no more than one or &amp;nbsp;less that could fulfill&amp;nbsp;my wanton wish&amp;nbsp;to unloose it&amp;nbsp;ne&amp;rsquo;er to clutch as tight.For in the realm in..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/smdavis/3133936/</link>
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			<title>Fragments of Sanity</title>
			<description>Audacious is the task that leavesme pondering&amp;hellip;.more exploring&amp;hellip;Its purpose. (my demise)Not so much annihilates moreit instigates. I divagate.Such a thing has left its marka contusion &amp;hellip; now concussed&amp;hellip;it initiates.Propagates.Even yes, erad..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/smdavis/3133837/</link>
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			<title>What of Now</title>
			<description>There is no me or we or them.There is only&amp;hellip;...the chasm filled with empty wordsand chalked designs of nothing&amp;hellip;&amp;hellip;of whispered words that floaton sand&amp;hellip;&amp;hellip;where schemes and questions drown......and then awaken.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/smdavis/3133793/</link>
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			<title>Weather for Ghosts</title>
			<description>Oh...nothing.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/smdavis/3133789/</link>
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			<title>No Debugging Required </title>
			<description>a story of friendship.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/smdavis/3120916/</link>
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			<title>Reminiscing</title>
			<description>an exercise in thought, returning to a place that once felt like home.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/smdavis/2963878/</link>
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			<title>Ever</title>
			<description>Gratify oh spiritby way of mine eyesthe wretched wonder that may never touch my mind but sear my soul.Doubt pervadeswhile hope abounds that not one but all may know not the cost but the value of thine freedom. May it yet and ever be.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/smdavis/2771104/</link>
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			<title>Lurid Daydream</title>
			<description>Thisday, this year, this season&amp;hellip;a flash of woeful days makes linger&amp;nbsp;a depth of feeling undefined.Misted days of reminiscent ways&amp;nbsp;faroutshine the &amp;nbsp;practiced &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;imperfectionsof sovereigns&amp;rsquo; demined fancy.Now but a caldron drained , a reliquary of w..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/smdavis/2163102/</link>
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			<title>Chasm</title>
			<description>Is it fateor karma that punishes me?Distractedgambles of intended meetingsbegin with a lapse in distance but end in amomentary ease to my soul that suffers for you&amp;hellip;the one I cannot have.&amp;nbsp; Is it psychology or destiny that teases me?Howeasy it is to convince myself that I a..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/smdavis/1970529/</link>
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			<title>Siku Melody</title>
			<description>yesterdays are a playground for the muse...</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/smdavis/1963261/</link>
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			<title>Dusted with daylight</title>
			<description>Dance with me until&amp;nbsp;tomorrow meets the skyand unspoken words reach into distant then&amp;nbsp;Lay with me untilunkissed lips are pursedwith wistful words we hope but dare not sayFloat with me above themountains mistedwith the dew of daisies&amp;nbsp;and dusted with light..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/smdavis/1938905/</link>
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			<title>Spell of Moments (Layde and The Knight Series final)</title>
			<description>Layde's final piece.  En disant au revoir &amp;agrave; quelque chose dont je n'avais pas le droit de tenir tant de temps.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/smdavis/1911348/</link>
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			<title>Morning Fog </title>
			<description>Dispense&amp;hellip;dispensed&amp;hellip;.willdo&amp;hellip;can do&amp;hellip; thoughts clarified &amp;hellip;but truly only mystified&amp;hellip;...by you.Or&amp;hellip;The thoughtof you...And me.Well&amp;hellip;her&amp;hellip;andme&amp;hellip;and you&amp;hellip;and well&amp;hellip;That damneddog!Oh thefog.&amp;nbsp; Yes&amp;hellip; of the..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/smdavis/1910824/</link>
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			<title>French Words and Gaelic Dreams</title>
			<description>More.  Je me souviens qu'il soit si r&amp;eacute;el, mais pense avec &amp;eacute;motion comme hier qui n'a jamais &amp;eacute;t&amp;eacute; vraiment. Une amiti&amp;eacute; li&amp;eacute;e &amp;agrave; la solitude devient quelque chose &amp;agrave; respecter, et oui, l'amour. Je vous reme</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/smdavis/1886567/</link>
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			<title>Hello to Goodbye</title>
			<description>Reminiscing.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/smdavis/1885774/</link>
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			<title>Yesterday's Toy</title>
			<description>A smile brought by reminiscence.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/smdavis/1705136/</link>
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			<title>Timing</title>
			<description>Time passes like the echoes that whisper&amp;nbsp;while walking down an empty corridorA deep sigh signifies a deeper understandingthat a richer course lies aheadMemories that once caused painare now warm droplets upon the face of timeand again a sigh...that brings warmth, not iceand the comfort of knowi..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/smdavis/1488877/</link>
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			<title>Fallen</title>
			<description>Innocence shudders at the edge of a chasmthat crumbles a width across eternitywhispers of shattered dreams an illusionas veracity&amp;rsquo;s lyric shows sincereanchored by silk illusions and concrete scarsweathered resistance and rays of brightnessyester and century days pass bya flash ..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/smdavis/1256948/</link>
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			<title>Vous m'aimiez Fois</title>
			<description>Just whispers.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/smdavis/1164771/</link>
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			<title>Do Chuid Focal Cr&amp;aacute; Dom</title>
			<description>&quot;your words torment me&quot;</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/smdavis/1161464/</link>
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			<title>Gaelic Dream</title>
			<description>&quot;C&amp;agrave;it' a bheil thu&quot;Words once had meaningnever heard again...Like fancy a curryor have a Mike MurrayOr Harry...Or Bob...Oh f**k this s**t!Tell him.......the words are stuck...right there.......you remember...there...oh yes...there...NO...not there......don't go there....millenia would be too ..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/smdavis/1160891/</link>
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			<title>Forever's Moon</title>
			<description>I saw you today...for the first time in forever's moon.Reflections on the waves of yesterdayset fire to my heart as they magnified. Sensations, like rays upon a looking glass,seared the surface of my soul.&amp;nbsp;I closed my eyes&amp;hellip;memories sweet churned bitter&amp;hel..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/smdavis/813342/</link>
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			<title>Daisy Mint Morning</title>
			<description>on the heels of his dream...please read...and know...</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/smdavis/813141/</link>
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			<title>Just West of the Moon</title>
			<description>May I be so bold? Il m'appelle &amp;agrave; l'ouest de la lune</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/smdavis/786498/</link>
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			<title>Tangerine Bitter </title>
			<description>&amp;nbsp;Tangerine bitter salavatemouth puckers&amp;nbsp;WAIT&amp;nbsp;Scent of debateecstacy hoversTRANSLATE&amp;nbsp;Tantillate and hesitatearomatic&amp;nbsp;teaseEXASPERATE&amp;nbsp;senses elevateabandon eminent&amp;nbsp;ANTICIPATE&amp;nbsp;a breath too latedesire&amp;nbsp;exposed&amp;nbsp;CANNOT WAIT..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/smdavis/785504/</link>
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			<title>Invisible</title>
			<description>Angry eyebrows furrowed in the statement &quot;I lost time!&quot;&amp;nbsp; I listened and quietly whispered&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&quot;breathe, just breathe.&quot;&amp;nbsp; He walked away, and I stayed behind, waiting for that moment that he sees through the wall of all that seems real, the place where time stands still, and sees me.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/smdavis/749097/</link>
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			<title>Unspoken </title>
			<description>As the breath quickly escapes these pursed lipswords whirl in my mind without escapeI wonder...I wish...I want...each deny this voice chanceWhen the wind blows and the leaves of the willow movethe ripples in a drop of rain shiverand the silent sounds of my mind whisperno sound escapes beingthe only ..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/smdavis/688580/</link>
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			<title>April Wind</title>
			<description> &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Dust feather plucked and dunked in crimson flecked with the gold of foolstouches virgin linen stripped and stretched and prodded and seamedas with eyes closed the scene singed behind them into psychic waters of the heartI breathe and paint...Ocean view of horses riding in the wh..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/smdavis/625464/</link>
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			<title>Fairest Breath</title>
			<description>much in the same style as &quot;When I was Fair and Young&quot; by Queen Elizabeth I.  1572 A.D.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/smdavis/619264/</link>
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			<title>Refuge</title>
			<description>daydreaming...</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/smdavis/618790/</link>
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			<title>Mint and Juniper smiles</title>
			<description>The rocking chair speaks a language of softness and knowing as she watches love come to life on a canvas.&amp;nbsp; His eyes so far away and yet more present now than ever.&amp;nbsp; The wind whispers through the mint and juniper leaving their signature in her hair.&amp;nbsp; She sighs, knowing that he may be t..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/smdavis/577056/</link>
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			<title>Come Thou Near</title>
			<description>grieving the loss of a friend...</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/smdavis/545491/</link>
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			<title>POM'S EULOGY</title>
			<description>His mother...the matriarch has asked me to deliver a eulogy that would honor her son...an honor I do not deserve...I only hope that it will comfort bring...</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/smdavis/545150/</link>
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			<title>Moon Stabbed Heart</title>
			<description>Escape my lips doth a whisper to sigh a fortnight cometh still as lie doth mine heartin waitPassion moon be not mine this evenor exist a kiss that comfort giveththis night or otherSolitude a bedfellow be for this soulcalled mine which doth within thisstoned brick lieSilence doth comfort give forthat..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/smdavis/537570/</link>
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			<title>No Tears My Way Come</title>
			<description>Just thoughts...</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/smdavis/533779/</link>
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			<title>The Squeaky Wheel (A short article)</title>
			<description>for our company newsletter....would love your comments...</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/smdavis/507584/</link>
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			<title>Whispers without Words</title>
			<description>no idea....</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/smdavis/497709/</link>
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			<title>Night's Length</title>
			<description>or Knight perhaps...</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/smdavis/492307/</link>
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			<title>She Possesses Me</title>
			<description>&amp;nbsp;I&amp;nbsp;saw her today... her head shines like frosted pearlsI want to ride her til she drips honey and my legs quiver&amp;nbsp;in exhaustMeek and mildstrong and wildher stretched leathercausing painthey will yearn&amp;nbsp;liquid freedom the returnI will ride her like the windand she will carry me to..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/smdavis/487809/</link>
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			<title>Yet They Sing...</title>
			<description>not sure what this is...it woke me up and had to write...</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/smdavis/487565/</link>
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			<title>A Day's Work...</title>
			<description>Each one that comes and walks through the doorsdoes so through the fog of the moorsthe cracks, rather chasms are wide and deeppain and judgement the fog I&amp;nbsp;see seepthrough flesh and soul and bone and tearsand keeps them from speaking of their fearsHope is the comforter dispelling t..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/smdavis/484738/</link>
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			<title>Bourbon Street Bitter</title>
			<description>I&amp;nbsp;am here now, standing in the lobby under the chandelier.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; The antique love seat is beckoning to me, yet painfully prevalent is the dichotomy.&amp;nbsp; I stand here thinking of you and the wonderment that we two may experience and still, I am here...alone.&amp;nbsp; I&amp;nbsp;must not forget ..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/smdavis/479578/</link>
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			<title>Slow and Closing Distance</title>
			<description>Vastness&amp;nbsp;long penetratesthe silent voice that resonatesthrough the slow and closing distanceand the path of least resistanceshrewd yet wanted expertiseconvolutes innocent needsthat we two no longer shareyet immaculately muddled carebearing weight centuries longin passion&amp;rsquo;s tent we meet un..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/smdavis/479251/</link>
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			<title>Salted Mist</title>
			<description>Thoughts penetrate the fog of distant nowreaching ... farther... into instant thenseeking&amp;nbsp;beyond&amp;nbsp;the salted mists that steamfrom the heated torrent of tears falling...Not hearing, rather seeing his voice calling...I&amp;nbsp;chase the wind.&amp;nbsp;</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/smdavis/475392/</link>
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			<title>Opportune Deliverance</title>
			<description>Oh were it that I would look upon words,my lover, and make them my own&amp;hellip;Here stand I upon the cliff of such blisswith not enough daring to jumpor fall&amp;hellip;Rather trip, solid in mindful happenstance that sails upon the winds of time yetstill, without wings, watching&amp;hellip;..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/smdavis/457366/</link>
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			<title>Remnants</title>
			<description>Feeling wistful...cleaning after the funeral...feeling thankful for my yesterdays...but even more that I am here today.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/smdavis/449274/</link>
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			<title>In my Daughter's Eyes...</title>
			<description>For all the moms that wonder how much your daughter loves you....I have gone the last years thinking I was a failure to both of my children.  Last night, my daughter showed me that she has this on her myspace page with a note that says &quot;I LOVE YOU MOM!&quot;I just had to share...</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/smdavis/449252/</link>
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