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		<description>The original writings of author jenbem</description>
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			<title>The Officer's Wife</title>
			<description>&amp;nbsp;My love is not extraordinary.It won&amp;rsquo;t move mountains,span the lonely depths of oceans,&amp;nbsp;or endure lifetimes in the barren arctic tundra.I cannot give you the colorful baubles of kingdoms pastor valleys of riches to lay at your feet, and,though I love you,it won&amp;rsquo;..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Jem/405173/</link>
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			<title>Too Hard</title>
			<description>It's been a (long) while sing I've written anything, and years since I've written a song, but this just kind of came out...it's unedited...I don't know...weird!</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Jem/355874/</link>
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			<title>Graduation</title>
			<description>&amp;nbsp;A person could choke on theExistential bullshitThat spills from your mouthAnd eyes, and hands, and a*s.&amp;nbsp;I&amp;rsquo;m not interestedin those lines anymore,about saving the worldand our own secret perfectionwithin ourselves.&amp;nbsp;You can&amp;rsquo;t see my reality.bills, ..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Jem/250348/</link>
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			<title>First</title>
			<description>It's a prose poem. I think. I'm not sure.
My first piece of 'erotica' although I don't know that I would really call it that....</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Jem/243766/</link>
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			<title>Metamorphosis</title>
			<description>&amp;nbsp;Hold me tightly.Seal me into you,into the palm of your hand.&amp;nbsp;So firm, even when my bodyis aching and yearning towrap myself aroundmyself, todiscover me, to&amp;nbsp;emerge anew,&amp;nbsp;I am crushedby the weight ofyour grasp.&amp;nbsp;Remember,you said you neverli..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Jem/241623/</link>
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			<title>Irish Eyes</title>
			<description>Flash fiction piece. Really, I'm procrastinating my a*s off right now!</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Jem/232606/</link>
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			<title>Seduction</title>
			<description>&amp;nbsp;I slip on seduction like red silk and lace.Fiery against my sun soaked skin but cooland soft to the touch.&amp;nbsp;It fits me so well, declaring my arousalon the outlines of my firm breasts,aching to be pressed against thehard palm of a lover.&amp;nbsp;It dances on the tops of my..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Jem/231470/</link>
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			<title>Shy girl seeks to Speak</title>
			<description>Syntax slips through heated synapses.Words;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Fighting&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Forming&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Fallingbehind my teeth-on the tip of my tongue.&amp;nbsp;&amp;quot;shhhhhhhh,&amp;quot;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbs..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Jem/229655/</link>
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			<title>Ribbons</title>
			<description>&amp;nbsp;A week ago, Shelly would have never been caught dead in a dress. Before the accident, she always said dresses were for sissies and then promptly jumped in a mud puddle. Carefully I watched as her mother straightened her hair and collar. Determined to make sure for once her daughter would loo..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Jem/205584/</link>
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			<title>2-24-06</title>
			<description>Pop-pops never die They live in sweet cigar smoke&amp;nbsp;And blue-grass music &amp;nbsp;</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Jem/205579/</link>
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			<title>Sassafrass</title>
			<description>&amp;nbsp;Outside my apartment windowthere is a slender saplinggrowing wild against thebackdrop of a perfectlymanicured golf course.&amp;nbsp;It is a sassafras,I can tell by the leavesmy grandfather called ita trinity tree,because of the threedifferent leaves.&amp;nbsp;They all fit t..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Jem/205569/</link>
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			<title>Oreos</title>
			<description>&amp;nbsp;I have almost never eaten an entire box of Oreos myself. Almost.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;There was that one time though, in college, when I walked in on the current &amp;ldquo;love of my life&amp;rdquo; f*****g that skinny blonde freshman down the hall, the one who wanted to be an elementary school teach..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Jem/183501/</link>
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			<title>Shadow</title>
			<description>If you must go,leave me your shadow.Fling it across mynaked skinin an attempt to keepmy lonelinessfrom showing.I will wrap myself aroundmy&amp;nbsp;only&amp;nbsp;image left of youand try&amp;nbsp;to warm mychattering heart.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Jem/177617/</link>
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			<title>These Goodbyes</title>
			<description>&amp;nbsp;I&amp;rsquo;m alone. While you&amp;rsquo;re speedingdown the interstate.How far could you go, can you go,before turning around andletting me whisper again onto your bare,sweat glistened skin.&amp;nbsp;Dread slides down my cheeks,wet and hot and black,mirroring the tread on your tires...</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Jem/171966/</link>
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			<title>Drywall</title>
			<description>&amp;nbsp;I&amp;rsquo;ve pressed myself up tothe drywall between us.My cheeks and palms and breasts,hoping my desires will seepthrough and send a sign,&amp;nbsp;&amp;ldquo;APARTMENT J IS IN LOVE&amp;rdquo;&amp;nbsp;or something like that.&amp;nbsp;It can&amp;rsquo;t be that thick,the drywall,because I can..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Jem/169236/</link>
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			<title>On Seeing Ansel Adams, &amp;quot;Face on a Half Dome: Yosemite National Park&amp;quot;</title>
			<description>&amp;nbsp;Face of God.I have seen youcovered in snow,&amp;nbsp;deep crevices web your features,leaving them weather-wornwith worry and the rain of falling tears&amp;nbsp;for those who can look upon you,Face of God,And see only stone.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Jem/167250/</link>
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			<title>Unrated</title>
			<description>&amp;nbsp;I am not rated &amp;lsquo;G&amp;rsquo;Or &amp;lsquo;E&amp;rsquo;.Every manWoman andChildCannot enjoyMe-&amp;nbsp;There&amp;rsquo;s too muchRide inMy thighsAnd passionIn myEyes.&amp;nbsp;Not to mentionThe b***h that comesFrom my lips,And theSexySoftSensualSlingOf my hips.&amp;..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Jem/164718/</link>
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			<title>Breeze Bottles</title>
			<description>&amp;nbsp;I wishthat you and I could stand atop these mountainsand catch the dry-leaves breeze in bottles.So when I leave, and am homesick for you,I can pop them openone by one anddrink in their&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;n..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Jem/156362/</link>
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			<title>Fireflies</title>
			<description>&amp;nbsp;Fireflies are the little lighted gemsof steamy summer nightscalling for midnight rendezvous&amp;rsquo;on the dark edges of the woods.We came, armed with glass jars andyoung hearts, watching themtwinkle and tease like theeyes of young lovers,&amp;ldquo;catch me if you can&amp;rdquo;</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Jem/156342/</link>
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			<title>marriage</title>
			<description>&amp;nbsp;She lies.And she lies next to him.He forgives her.For she gives into his desires.She cooks for himShe cleans for himShe changes for himShe cries&amp;nbsp;to herself,&amp;nbsp;&amp;ldquo;What more can I do?&amp;rdquo;and grievously grates herheart against the&amp;nbsp;glinting stone&amp;nbsp;..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Jem/152119/</link>
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			<title>Jealous Confessions of a Girl in Love with a Rodeo Star</title>
			<description>I've seen you ride before. Jealousy&amp;nbsp;coursed into me&amp;nbsp;as I watched you become one with the beast (you were more a part of her than you'd ever been with me..) I stood behind the fence, a safe distance from you and the 16 hand paint rippling muscularly beneath you. (w..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Jem/150794/</link>
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			<title>Tara is lying about her assault</title>
			<description>The new rapist is a woman. Her penetrating eyes glimmer and laugh as she takes notes on my nightmares. In each dream I struggle again against rough hands, sinewy muscles, and his thin, demon smile. She has no feeling for my black and blue past and no injury of her own, but ..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Jem/150790/</link>
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