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		<description>The original writings of author Kira</description>
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			<title>unfocused eyes</title>
			<description>(she does not speak, like she's frightened of what will claw its way out of her throat)</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Flesh_Blood_Bone/830824/</link>
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			<title>the sum of my vices</title>
			<description>i am the sumof every dripthat slicks awayfrom each crevicein my braina single atomof solitude.&amp;nbsp;i am the sumof spark and firethat leaps in timeto chaos tickingdown a timelinethat is doomed.&amp;nbsp;i am the sumof whispered voicesmingled with screamsin a voidtha..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Flesh_Blood_Bone/830823/</link>
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			<title>eat your heart out</title>
			<description>my heart is a caramel candy between your teethand i melt in the most cliche of ways&amp;nbsp;dissolve me like something sugar-spunvestiges of sweetness after a storm&amp;nbsp;devour me with your eyesdelude me with a compliment, give me an ego&amp;nbsp;snap your jaw closed nowthe crunch of&amp;nb..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Flesh_Blood_Bone/823669/</link>
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			<title>dead things</title>
			<description>just a passing interest. a strange and unreasonable fascination.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Flesh_Blood_Bone/820658/</link>
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			<title>caliginous</title>
			<description>lacerate me mentallyand draw me scars in sharpietrailing technicolor wristsi'm your harpyi'm your best mistake&amp;nbsp;feast on poisoned applestasting your blood cold and graywhat else must i sayavenues of glassline the land of smoke and rust&amp;nbsp;tear my skin from boneand set..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Flesh_Blood_Bone/811219/</link>
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			<title>i saw you</title>
			<description>Him. i saw Him. weeks ago. i'm trying to convince myself i wasn't dreaming, but i just don't know.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Flesh_Blood_Bone/806805/</link>
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			<title>slit me down the middle</title>
			<description>(mental breakdown
russian roulette)</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Flesh_Blood_Bone/792653/</link>
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			<title>break</title>
			<description>no sense of reality (but no escape from it either)</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Flesh_Blood_Bone/789558/</link>
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			<title>muscle memory</title>
			<description>i remember when i listened to your heartbeat.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Flesh_Blood_Bone/783387/</link>
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			<title>do as i say</title>
			<description>(not as i do)</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Flesh_Blood_Bone/780014/</link>
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			<title>psychopath</title>
			<description>(sometimes i see you, and the image bursts into my head: me taking a hammer to your skull.)</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Flesh_Blood_Bone/772356/</link>
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			<title>moving mountains: senryu</title>
			<description>words dance and i can't catch them. after twenty minutes of struggle i ended up with this.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Flesh_Blood_Bone/772351/</link>
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			<title>your name is kira taylor</title>
			<description>and you are just a string of inhales and exhales while you're waiting for your life to start (or end, depending on how you look at it)</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Flesh_Blood_Bone/755043/</link>
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			<title>walking</title>
			<description>Three AM is the best time to go walking.&amp;nbsp;The reason being&amp;nbsp;it's June in Arizona, and during daylight hours heat radiates from all directions and makes even the smallest tank tops and short shorts cling to you with sweat.&amp;nbsp; Or at least that's what you'd tell anyone who asked, not tha..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Flesh_Blood_Bone/748888/</link>
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			<title>pulse</title>
			<description>you ache.&amp;nbsp;little creases settling into your braindull fire throbbing in your jointsand a hot, cracked feeling in your throatlike you're about to crumble into desert sand.&amp;nbsp;you think.&amp;nbsp;you try not to, but you do.you imagine things, you remember things,you envision t..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Flesh_Blood_Bone/747156/</link>
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			<title>two in the morning</title>
			<description>two in the morningis bowls of ice creamthat you should feel ashamed ofbut you're not.it's instant-messaging,your form sillhouted by computer-lightin your mirrorthat you try to cover up with markered words.two in the morningis watching movies online (illegally why not)still wearin..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Flesh_Blood_Bone/746373/</link>
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			<title>blur</title>
			<description>you can't remember what day it is, or how long you've been laying here. even when you're awake nowadays it feels like you're sleeping.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Flesh_Blood_Bone/739835/</link>
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			<title>who knows?</title>
			<description>not i.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Flesh_Blood_Bone/736943/</link>
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			<title>where i'm from </title>
			<description>for english.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Flesh_Blood_Bone/731838/</link>
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			<title>eye</title>
			<description>trying to convey a story in as little words as possible</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Flesh_Blood_Bone/731158/</link>
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			<title>mental breakdown</title>
			<description>may 13, 2011. 12:oo PM.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Flesh_Blood_Bone/729157/</link>
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			<title>body of war</title>
			<description>not true, but...</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Flesh_Blood_Bone/719521/</link>
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			<title>numbers</title>
			<description>printed numbers, calories per serving in neat boxes.
scale numbers, mechanically recording your failure.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Flesh_Blood_Bone/718594/</link>
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			<title>binge </title>
			<description>not sure it qualifies as either a haiku or a senryu, technically.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Flesh_Blood_Bone/715274/</link>
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			<title>a statement of what happened to me today and nothing more.</title>
			<description>o guy who sits beside me in&amp;nbsp;spanish class,i hold no affection for you whatsoeverand i know that you feel the same.you copied my homework that one time(because i was right next to you and always do the assignmentsand i let anyone copy who asks)and you make me laugh(on my manic da..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Flesh_Blood_Bone/714656/</link>
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			<title>empty house</title>
			<description>night terrors.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Flesh_Blood_Bone/714140/</link>
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			<title>dissection</title>
			<description>today's biology lesson: scalpels are amazing.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Flesh_Blood_Bone/713824/</link>
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			<title>lightheaded</title>
			<description>goosebumps&amp;nbsp;counting floor-tiles, make sure go two by twoout of some desperate, whining&amp;nbsp;needcompulsion&amp;nbsp;counting food-numbers300 plus 300, can't stop myselfbut the numbers pile up, almost 800 now.&amp;nbsp;bursting outdisgusting&amp;nbsp;scale numbers won't move..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Flesh_Blood_Bone/713449/</link>
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			<title>arrogant</title>
			<description>&quot;one day you'll regret what you've lostand you'd do anything to get me back.and when you do,i'll laugh and say no.&quot;&amp;nbsp;just want the pain to end;you were the only one i ever wanted.&amp;nbsp;&quot;one day you'll get down on your knees, begging.me and my friendswill find it hilarious.&quot;..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Flesh_Blood_Bone/711371/</link>
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			<title>arsenic words</title>
			<description>the feel of metal under your fingers;tracing absently along the wrought edges oftwisted black roses, smooth marblecrystallized under a hateful stare,refracting color through broken facets,holding fireworks,cold.&amp;nbsp;the scent of rain and oranges;they dance around your thoughts lik..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Flesh_Blood_Bone/710194/</link>
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			<title>night</title>
			<description>full of memories not of this time. full of experiences that never happened. my bed is too large for one.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Flesh_Blood_Bone/710068/</link>
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			<title>bleeding</title>
			<description>(i want to burst; a faucet with skin.)</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Flesh_Blood_Bone/709558/</link>
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			<title>a guy like that</title>
			<description>a formspring question: the qualities of my ideal boyfriend.  so i described you.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Flesh_Blood_Bone/709530/</link>
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			<title>your name</title>
			<description>i saw your name today,not even yours,just a bit you sharedwith some boyneither of us knew.&amp;nbsp;just a list of similargarden-variety names,i traced my eyes downand saw your name--like it stood out in gold.&amp;nbsp;struck by a crazy desireto touch the ink-lettersi put my fing..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Flesh_Blood_Bone/706607/</link>
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			<title>somebodygirl</title>
			<description>i am a button-burstingstomach-puffingthighs-bulging(120 pound)size 3.&amp;nbsp;i am abrown-eyedzit-facedbuck-toothed(almost average)ugly girl.&amp;nbsp;i am abrain-meltingmemory-explodingmind-racing(retarded)honors student.&amp;nbsp;i am a too-quietfriendless-shadow..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Flesh_Blood_Bone/705887/</link>
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			<title>A Believer Such As I (Lyrics)</title>
			<description>A song about suicide that took a Christian turn in the first few lines (which is weird because I'm agnostic, I suppose).  </description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Flesh_Blood_Bone/705771/</link>
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			<title>orbit</title>
			<description>The first sonnet I've written outside of English class.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Flesh_Blood_Bone/704433/</link>
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			<title>be(lie)ved</title>
			<description>i am clumsy.&amp;nbsp;weeks ago,i tripped ongravel andscraped upmy arm.&amp;nbsp;a week later,i did theexactsamething.&amp;nbsp;my motherswallows thestory, andsaves it forlater.&amp;nbsp;they all believedme. i am clumsy,after all.i roll my eyesbut feel cold.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Flesh_Blood_Bone/703746/</link>
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			<title>when kira comes</title>
			<description>i never really register the times when kira takes meuntil afterwards. maybe there are more times;sometimes i can't remember them, only to hear of them later.&amp;nbsp;but i can feel her coming in the late night,feel her writhing cold and ugly in my bloated stomach,feel her blink her wide, da..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Flesh_Blood_Bone/703452/</link>
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			<title>sharp edges</title>
			<description>i am a pillow, a disc of wood, a mirror, a smooth-glass charm. i am metallic and have been sharpened to razor edges.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Flesh_Blood_Bone/701971/</link>
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			<title>scratches</title>
			<description>march 10 seems so long ago.  right now i am hurting in the wrong way.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Flesh_Blood_Bone/700276/</link>
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			<title>inconsistant</title>
			<description>My characters are based off myself.  They've been called not characters at all, but random bundles of emotions that make even more random decisions.  Not people but contradictions.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Flesh_Blood_Bone/699366/</link>
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			<title>hear you scream</title>
			<description>blink at the ceiling and wait for the dawnrage at the thoughts that won't let you move onpulse is beyond you, the dark is a beastcut at the bad thoughts and strain for the eastbreak all the chains though new ones still appearhate&amp;nbsp;in your mind for the unbidden tearsink teeth&amp;nbsp;in ..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Flesh_Blood_Bone/697681/</link>
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			<title>when blood is running poison (5:48)</title>
			<description>it is 5:47 and i am missing you.&amp;nbsp;when blood is running poisonand every heartbeat a pulse of painwhen your face swims before mei know i can't do this again.when my message goes unansweredand my plea for help's unheardwhen your status says you miss hermy mind sticks on that last..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Flesh_Blood_Bone/695159/</link>
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			<title>hate list</title>
			<description>i used to write everything i hated about myselfin dry-erase marker on my mirror.things you called me that i never forgot.things i don't want to think anymorebut things that threaten to swallow me.&amp;nbsp;it was months before you saw the list.you yelled at me and scrubbed it out with your..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Flesh_Blood_Bone/695096/</link>
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			<title>smashing mirrors</title>
			<description>memory box.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Flesh_Blood_Bone/694346/</link>
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			<title>cold dark mind</title>
			<description>it's dark. i'm aimlessly wanderingthe long corridorsof cyberspacewith only the glowof the screenas a testamentto my madness.&amp;nbsp;it's cold.i am not depressed;no more than usual.yet almost out of habit,the razor traceswithout purposeover the already rentskin.&amp;nbsp;..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Flesh_Blood_Bone/693190/</link>
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			<title>internal discourse: a cutter's monologue</title>
			<description>the arm looks like it's reachinga panhandler girl on the side of the road(spare some change, sir? ma'am? please?)like grasping at some spiritual enlightenment(god, give me strength? wisdom? patience?)like it's trying to escape from the inevitable(on the deepest level, still afraid of pai..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Flesh_Blood_Bone/691037/</link>
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			<title>contradiction</title>
			<description>what do you call a girlthat spends her daytrying to capture facesbut hiding her own?&amp;nbsp;what do you call a girlwho is regarded as nicegenerally, because sheprefers the silence?&amp;nbsp;what do you call a girlwho goes off the railswith anyone that showsthe slightest bit of fr..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Flesh_Blood_Bone/690503/</link>
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			<title>The Process of Fading: Shatterglass Song Album</title>
			<description>A collection of songs I've written over the last two or three years.  I wanted to keep them all in one place.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Flesh_Blood_Bone/688328/</link>
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