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		<description>The original writings of author mayo</description>
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			<title>lips</title>
			<description>&amp;nbsp;your lips&amp;nbsp;are cushions&amp;nbsp;(pillows) that I find perfectfor my right-now-can&amp;rsquo;t-wait night needsthe voice that purrs outalways a whisper and a&amp;hellip;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; our breath hanging tightin a&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; t&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mayoward/248890/</link>
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			<title>The Second Chance Bookstore</title>
			<description>&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Charlie sits at the front counterwaiting for some one-day thiefto walk in and steal shelves filled with musty books in a backpack orshopping bag.&amp;nbsp;Yvette re-shelves tomesinstinctively knowing when Balzachas found his way back tothe chimpanzees and moonwalks.To..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mayoward/248393/</link>
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			<title>11:00 a.m.</title>
			<description>&amp;nbsp;miles davis (gently)on my cheap cd playermy apartment waiting, waitingfor a vacuum broom mopgrown kids waiting for a free lunchof Japanese noodles and tearecovering from a Tylenol pm comawaiting for my latest lover who never callstempted to toss the phoneinto the trash wi..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mayoward/248207/</link>
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			<title>there was a day when grass bled</title>
			<description>&amp;nbsp;there was a day when grass bledand clouds fell to their knees.a cough from an elm treesang like bitter dreams.I stole a silent gaspand whispered.&amp;ldquo;so thisis what it is to be brave?&amp;rdquo;</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mayoward/248204/</link>
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			<title>gifts</title>
			<description>&amp;nbsp;moon moths,moon flowers, blue moons, &amp;nbsp;butterheads, pigeons, poetry, &amp;nbsp;modigliani, the circus, geology, &amp;nbsp;astronomy, philosophy, brain disorders, &amp;nbsp;savants, geniuses, geneseses, &amp;nbsp;elephants, clarinets, kettle drums, &amp;nbsp;ja..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mayoward/248203/</link>
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			<title>the periapt</title>
			<description>&amp;nbsp;the periaptshaped like a silent prayerdangled between heavy breasts.cancer and teen boyswere wearing it thin.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mayoward/248202/</link>
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			<title>the bones</title>
			<description>&amp;nbsp;                                    when she was little            and the ladies worried   over her            not-yet-well-enough   soul            they poured oils and   tossed bones            chanted and recanted            until the pale   subsided            and ..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mayoward/248200/</link>
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			<title>the 2:15 appointment</title>
			<description>side by side on sticky vinyl chairswe face a therapist who I can&amp;rsquo;t help but notice is half my ageher breasts still perkyher face accutane-clearedand rosey&amp;nbsp;much like her personality&amp;nbsp;I have quit.I am done.&amp;nbsp;but this man and I have made a vowso I will sit..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mayoward/248199/</link>
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			<title>the sequined gown</title>
			<description>&amp;nbsp;there was a time whenmy thighs stretchedover the neck of an elephantand my knuckles blednightly.my lover swallowed pointed wordsas my mothertoo short to reach my father&amp;rsquo;sthoughts led methrough the darkto taste the moon jugglingon a star.we sat conjoined, she a..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/mayoward/191596/</link>
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