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		<title>Toumei | WritersCafe.org</title>
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		<description>The original writings of author Toumei</description>
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			<title>The skin is in the way</title>
			<description>Romance is a common and popular poetry topic.  I am not often inspired to write on the topic so I'm having an one-off moment in life.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Kwintessence/1203363/</link>
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			<title>yolo... j/k</title>
			<description>Just trying to type loosely.  Not in the mood to refine my words so you have to read a dictionary to be amazed I could use such an obscure synonym to convey my message.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Kwintessence/1191390/</link>
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			<title>Look</title>
			<description>Look forward, what do you see?Endless possibility,A life well spent, be it long or short,A loving family,Happiness...You didn't listen to me,You looked back. No one is there.Look forward again, what do you see?A cold bed in a hospital,Apathetic nurses changing your diaper,Nothing interesting on the ..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Kwintessence/946289/</link>
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			<title>Project Heaven</title>
			<description>Description/Synopsis</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Kwintessence/906101/</link>
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			<title>Fade to white</title>
			<description>My eyes are darting but why can't I see clearly?I tell my chest to rise,Fiery, sharp PAIN-&quot;Hold on!!!&quot;I don't know this voiceI lose my breath as my heart sputtersGasping for air once it stops despite the pain.I can hear gurgling sounds, involuntarily coughingLet me see your face...&amp;nbsp; Let me...No..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Kwintessence/815652/</link>
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			<title>Hear my call</title>
			<description>make it stopsselgninaemekoj a ,ssenippaHstopsmaerd fo yalpsid agnitargretnisidylgnihtees os thgis agninekcisstop it!!!nosaer onotehtaerbFUCKING STOP IT!!!Please...ouy tahw is sihT?thgous... lrig lufitiPI can'ttake this?potSwonk uoy ti detrats uoY!ti dnEAnything... I'll do ANYTHING!!!neht drawoc a hc..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Kwintessence/815279/</link>
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			<title>True love</title>
			<description>You know what this is.  Here it is, personified.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Kwintessence/811866/</link>
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			<title>Love</title>
			<description>If you could conduct a study on love using your own life experiences, how would it sound?</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Kwintessence/775260/</link>
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			<title>Rainpool</title>
			<description>I uncovered a writing from 2004 on a long lost art blog I hid as I developed a storyboard yet to be completed.  </description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Kwintessence/770078/</link>
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			<title>There is no reason</title>
			<description>playfully made in memory of a friend's song.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Kwintessence/766240/</link>
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			<title>Green Tea with a dash of sugar</title>
			<description>If you've ever drank real green tea and are not used to it, maybe you'll get this...</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Kwintessence/564831/</link>
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			<title>The rescue</title>
			<description>You touched me-It hurts!Hurts&amp;hellip;Hurt-Oh, who cares.If I moved, then it would be called a struggleStruggle is for the weakBe strong and endure, For it will all be over shortly.I was never taught to struggle, only to be aGood little girl and do what I am toldI am now..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Kwintessence/484685/</link>
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			<title>All the stars are gone</title>
			<description>All the stars are goneSide by sideLooking aheadYou hold my handBut avoid my gazeHip to hipYour laughter echoes in the silenceA feeble attempt to blur your visageWith empty words to keep me spellboundI dispel the dissonance and speak,If my existence is no more than the Tic..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Kwintessence/484680/</link>
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			<title>Analog versus Digital</title>
			<description>The release of endorphins in the brain cause the &quot;feel good&quot; sensation.  The source does not really matter, does it?</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Kwintessence/336792/</link>
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			<title>The Acolyte</title>
			<description>Ever feel possessed? Ever told you have an old soul?  It's too late for Halloween but here's something I dusted off from one of my hidden journals.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Kwintessence/336709/</link>
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			<title>Emotional Suicide</title>
			<description>Death is commonly used as grounds for rebirth or justification. Am I speaking about an addiction? Romance?  Have fun.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Kwintessence/334971/</link>
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			<title>YinYang</title>
			<description>more an opinion of fact.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Kwintessence/332226/</link>
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			<title>Step in Time</title>
			<description>He loved this song so much, that he even learned it in Japanese when his native language is English, and he sang along with the chorus.  A reprisal and response, if you will- not the original song.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Kwintessence/332218/</link>
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			<title>When the lights go out</title>
			<description>Normalcy is a matter of perspective.  Some strive for it, some strive for recognition by rejecting it, some just dont give a f**k. What? I'm supposed to describe this?</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Kwintessence/331296/</link>
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			<title>Dear Diary</title>
			<description>The paper priest hears a confession.  For many women, speaking up about their darkest and most  worrisome thoughts is not an option.  Forced into silence by societal noms, or be treated as a nuisance or fear for safety... What could be learned if you care</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Kwintessence/330486/</link>
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			<title>Glass</title>
			<description>&amp;nbsp;A discerning age of wine in his kissHis tongue percolates her deepest pleasureThe evaporated heart condenses upon her skinShe wakes from the dream to find his scentStill in the air</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Kwintessence/330472/</link>
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			<title>You Lied</title>
			<description>One broken promise too many.  It's one thing to talk about it, but another when it hits you after an accumulation of years and people</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Kwintessence/330151/</link>
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