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			<title>Who's That?</title>
			<description>You sit,Drunk with impressions indescribable andNameless until they are molded into somethingTangible-No longer formless wisps meandering inEmpty space.They can sculpt themselves intoPeople you recognize and Maybe you want to look at that picture frame on the wall..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/MelissaBFree/1240102/</link>
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			<title>This Person</title>
			<description>This Person:The Writer-Pushing her fingers gingerly through the grey clouds and steppingout of the way as words Open up, Tumble down the unfolding ribbons of Silk and whimsy.The Present Person-Who suspends herself in the ethers of-Where?The Flexible Person-..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/MelissaBFree/1240101/</link>
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			<title>Sempre</title>
			<description>Wake up to the sun and theclouds and the mountainsPainting a picture for you-The birds and the coffeepot creating a symphony of Bliss,For you.&amp;nbsp;Walk through the dayshedding armor,Shedding skin and bonesUntil you're naked andvulnerable to the wind that is a..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/MelissaBFree/1240097/</link>
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			<title>Sacred Spaces</title>
			<description>I drifted after having clumsily struggled with thelock &amp;#2013266048;&quot; on the side of the doorfor which I have complete control; sometimes fingers escape into the ether andleave the rest of our fidgeting bodies behind &amp;#2013266048;&quot;and I wanted to hop right back up through the rabbit hole..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/MelissaBFree/1240096/</link>
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			<title>Remembering and Forgetting</title>
			<description>The Essence of all Things is quitefunny, remarkable, and also quite persistent. We often think that our memories aregone, dissipated into that far-off land of Nowhere where we send our burdens,our fears, and the constant reminders of who we are and the life we are living.We think tha..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/MelissaBFree/1240095/</link>
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			<title>Prayer</title>
			<description>Watch his fingers do theirDance of Prayer over theSteaming cup entertaining him,Eyes pretending to be fascinatedWith the grooves and dust andFootprints on the floor- Not offering his Pride to his Praise because he squirms in yourIntent to Capture Him.Obser..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/MelissaBFree/1240092/</link>
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			<title>Patiently Waiting</title>
			<description>Maybe she&amp;rsquo;s waitingOver there in that Corner,The corner with the mostUnattractive lighting and the mostUnappealing stench ofLeaks and Enigma andCheeks turned the other way,You know,Away from the Actual words that wereActually said.&amp;nbsp;M..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/MelissaBFree/1240091/</link>
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			<title>Ordinary Things</title>
			<description>I am not hungry-There is only a question waiting to be posed-Feeding on its potential and theCloseness of the air on itsSkin-Disintegrating the linings of the innermostBars and chains and cages.That is where the nausea comes from-This desperate and savageAnima..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/MelissaBFree/1240089/</link>
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			<title>It Soaks In</title>
			<description>Yes-Let the tender flames of All that Is Goodness tumble inStreams and Rivers around yourSilhouette &amp;#2013266048;&quot; It doesn&amp;rsquo;t have to Soak in Now.Realization takes His sweetTime,Playing tricks and fooling Us into believing we have lostThat which we h..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/MelissaBFree/1240082/</link>
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			<title>Avalanches</title>
			<description>Rockslides down my arms andAvalanches slide down myskin;Sheets of yesterdaysfalling, sliding, Shattering.Revealing the birth, theResurrection.I Am the fetus,The larva,The caterpillar,Fresh and pure and shiningin the first sunlight spread across all of the ..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/MelissaBFree/1240081/</link>
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			<title>Artistry</title>
			<description>In the Simplicity of These Days it is born:The Truth of why every morning there isTension in your hands, in theCreases of your mouth while you takeEvery bite-Why the Anger spills and the People come out of the nooks andClosets in your brain and shoutI&amp;rsquo;m..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/MelissaBFree/1240079/</link>
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			<title>Yoga</title>
			<description>Yoga and Meditation bring out the best in me</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/MelissaBFree/1134483/</link>
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