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			<title>My Favorite Place</title>
			<description>&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; Ithink it is safe to say that I have put a decent amount of time into decidingwhat my favorite place is. I used love walking a trail in the woods with myfriends in order to have midnight tree-house sle..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Banished/1092100/</link>
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			<title>Confidence Pills</title>
			<description>Rejection at its finest...</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Banished/1009097/</link>
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			<title>Midnight Drive</title>
			<description>Something about the night was uncomfortablelike hidden eyeballs that glared from a distance. In the dark the trees lookedlike enlarged versions of my childhood plush animals. I didn&amp;rsquo;t know whether toembrace the nostalgia or concentrate on ignoring the weight..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Banished/1008735/</link>
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			<title>Destructive by Nature</title>
			<description>I sing the songs ofcrows that fallLike blobs of inkFrom leaky pens.My demons rage asorange sparksThat dance beneath apallid moonLighting up thedarkness Near mycallous-covered hands.The canvas that..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Banished/1003333/</link>
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			<title>Unstable</title>
			<description>I hesitated at thedoor, eyes cast downwards to watch the blur of sneakers rushing out of theclassroom. You would think the desks had caught fire. The rapid pace at whichmy classmates flowed through the narrow doorway was astonishing, and merelyseconds after th..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Banished/1000094/</link>
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			<title>My Mental Wall</title>
			<description>Story of my high school experience...</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Banished/990578/</link>
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			<title>The Human Within</title>
			<description>There is nothing moresinister Than fingernails ofrealityThat claw to ourmindsAnd warp us like timedoes to floorboards.&amp;nbsp;We are all dead.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Our humanity rots inthe pink of our insides Smothered each day byour unspoken lawsWhich cling to ..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Banished/979077/</link>
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			<title>Ginger</title>
			<description>The mostcommon question I&amp;rsquo;ve been asked in my lifeIs not aninquiry of my name or my ageOr thecolors I likeOr thebooks that I read&amp;nbsp;It is:&amp;ldquo;Why were you born without eyebrows?&amp;rdquo;Andalthough all my answersRange inthe spectrumFrom asarcas..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Banished/965934/</link>
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			<title>Imperfect </title>
			<description>Your voice rings like riversThat run with the wind Through the silence and awe Below treetops.&amp;nbsp;You make the moon danceAt the soles ofyour feet,With each task I complete I repeat till it shines. My human normalityDrips from my limbsLike the droplets off leavesAf..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Banished/952913/</link>
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			<title>Confession</title>
			<description>I admit it alone as I sit at my deskThat the nighttime had fedOn the walls I&amp;rsquo;ve built upIn my&amp;nbsp;Mind.My drowsiness clouds like a thick, sickly dewPulling darkness like inkThrough the cracks in my brainSo it tiptoes and creeps to a place in my chestWhere it torments the beat of my heart.&amp;nbs..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Banished/950315/</link>
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			<title>Cheers to Social Retardation</title>
			<description>&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; TodayI carried out the observation ensuing last nights experiment . Yesterday Ibashed my face about a hundred times with a hammer. It was  a Hanukkah present my Grandfather hadgiven me when I was eleven years old, despite his reluctance with my peculiargift request. I didn..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Banished/868200/</link>
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			<title>Ehh</title>
			<description>small chunk of a story :P</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Banished/817210/</link>
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			<title>Emily Burns</title>
			<description>Personal narrative for my english class.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Banished/800287/</link>
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			<title>May 26 2011</title>
			<description>	Inever thought that I would reach a point in my life where it seemed as thoughmy brain had actually stopped functioning properly. Not entirely broken, I canassure you, just not entirely there. Like some of it got fed up with someunknown presence and just ran away. Or possibly it is just hid..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Banished/798813/</link>
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			<title>A Break in Sanity</title>
			<description>	The imaginary clock instilled within my brain ticked away the seconds that seemed to go on forever. It was endless, dragging such a short amount of time into a prolonged sickness. The anxiety was overwhelming as my heart rattled its cage at a significantly quicker pace than the metronome residing w..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Banished/778464/</link>
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			<title>River</title>
			<description>I took a walk through sunset&amp;rsquo;s hue one chilly afternoonTo listen to the moaning trees of Zephyr&amp;rsquo;s cheery tune.&amp;nbsp;I felt leaves crunch beneath my soles, I heard the songbird cryI breathed in pine and autumns scent with each new blissful sigh.Witchlike fingers, warping sticks,..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Banished/769591/</link>
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			<title>Insomnia</title>
			<description>She stares through watered, glazing eyesWine-stained tumors, circles bruisedFrom countless lies&amp;nbsp;Of nighttime skiesHer mind is numb, her soul confused.Purple dots dance off the wallsLike fairies from a distant landTheir wordless calls,Like waterfallsSeep through ears like r..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Banished/769579/</link>
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			<title>Animosity</title>
			<description>Beginning of a full length novel</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Banished/762471/</link>
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			<title>An Unfortunate Truth</title>
			<description>	The afternoon was a chilly one, and no amount of clothingcould&amp;rsquo;ve rid me of the goose bumps that contaminated my skin. The wind didn&amp;rsquo;thelp much. It whistled and moaned as my warm hair fluttered irregularly aroundmy numb face. The large weeds by my feet bent to the floor with each ..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Banished/699777/</link>
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			<title>Chapter 5</title>
			<description>&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;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Studentsswarmed passed me in every direction possible to travel. Like hundreds of antsin an underground labyrinth, every single individual seemed to know what he orshe was doing. It came..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Banished/664117/</link>
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			<title>Chapter 4</title>
			<description>&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Thefloor was damp, and squeaked beneath my feet as I carefully made my way up thethree large steps of the automobile. As soon as I reached the top to face afrizzy-haired, middle-aged woman, all sorts of unidentifiable sounds and sm..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Banished/661944/</link>
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			<title>Chapter 3</title>
			<description>&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Itightly sealed a frozen slice from last night's dinner away in to a plasticbaggy. Besides, Caroline was not yet awake to tell me what I could, andcouldn&amp;rsquo;t bring with me for lunch. The sky was still dark from what I could see..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Banished/661195/</link>
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			<title>Chapter 2 </title>
			<description>When I walked through the front door later that evening, anunfamiliar yet welcoming scent stopped me dead in my tracks. My stomach moanedin agony with each inhale of the warm aroma. And although I wasn&amp;rsquo;t sure of whatit was, I wanted it. Now.&amp;nbsp;&amp;ldquo;You&amp;rsquo;refinally ..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Banished/661193/</link>
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			<title>Chapter 1</title>
			<description>Igazed around the empty building as I tried to ignore he drum in my chestbeating a million miles a second. I could literally hear my heart throbbinginside my head as though the quickening thumps were blasting through a loudstereo disturbing the peace, echoing through the hollowness of th..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Banished/661192/</link>
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			<title>Once upon a snowy bench...</title>
			<description>&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Ican&amp;rsquo;t really tell you how long I&amp;rsquo;ve been sitting here in the frigid Decemberair. Minutes feel like hours, hours like eternities. Whether or not my halficed jeans are permanently cemented to the stone bench is yet to be determined.Ba..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Banished/639785/</link>
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			<title>The Darkest Storm</title>
			<description>Igazed around the empty building as I tried to ignore he drum in my chestbeating a million miles a second. I could literally hear my heart throbbinginside my head as though the quickening thumps were blasting through a loudstereo disturbing the peace, echoing through the hollowness of th..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Banished/627052/</link>
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			<title>Significance of the Insignificant</title>
			<description>	I lay on my back, my face soaking in the warmth of the deeppurple sun. I watch as a bird flies above me, swooping and diving in strangechoreography with the flow of the breeze. The wind was almost non-existent, butdefinitely there. For random strands of dark curly hair that had somehowm..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Banished/506367/</link>
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			<title>The Art of Burning Fairies</title>
			<description>                I stepped out onto the stone patio allowing the crisp autumn wind to stroke its icy fingers through my hair. The air was cool, and carried the scent of oncoming snow and burning wood. I inhaled deeply, allowing the scent to fill my lungs before releasing it slowly. It made my throat ..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Banished/474220/</link>
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			<title>Silence</title>
			<description>&amp;nbsp;Would it be fair to tell you to singWhen your soft, fleshy lips are sewed shut?To snort in your faceFrom absence of soundThat failed to protrudeFrom your black steaming breath.You make me feel weak.A sick pain in my gutLike an army of teethForcing blood from my throatRedden..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Banished/473110/</link>
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			<title>Is it a Dream?</title>
			<description>&amp;nbsp;Is it a dreamWhen the sky turns to blackFrom the back of my tremblingEyes.And the quivering lightsSmile brightly aboveGolden teeth that cannot whisperLies.Wispy clouds, fields of whiteSoothe the sores of the soulAnd numbing the ways of theMind.The soft, cooling windTh..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Banished/471784/</link>
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			<title>Wilted</title>
			<description>&amp;nbsp;A short stubby flowerSo different, so strangeAmongst fields of rosesAll shiny and red.It snakes its way upReaching out,Reaching highTill its fingertips burnFrom the sun in the skyA place it can feelThe wind through its soulA place where it&amp;rsquo;s freedFrom the ground d..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Banished/462768/</link>
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			<title>GetOverItBecauseNoOneElseWill</title>
			<description>&amp;nbsp;Why do you cry?Are you lost? Are you scared?Do you think of your past?Are you dreaming impaired?The hawk is now blindYour feet have been burnedForming blisters that bleedTeaching lessons you&amp;rsquo;ve learnedBuried now in the backOf your air deprived brainSoak your soles in ..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Banished/460604/</link>
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			<title>Fairytale Ending </title>
			<description>&amp;nbsp;What is your name oh mysterious knight?Have you come to save me from my chamber so high?Do you plan to sweep me off my feet on this nightOn some magical dragon that soars through the sky?&amp;nbsp;Do you know of the gators that swim through my moatOr the nasty old guard who stabs child..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Banished/450733/</link>
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			<title>The Tear of an Angel</title>
			<description>&amp;nbsp;I can hear the rain pourTrickling, drippingCrying, dancingRhythmic beats drummingAnd synching in timeTo the pounding pulse beggingTo burst through my chest.The sky there is darkLike the glint in my eyesAs I watch from the lane to the right.&amp;nbsp;Where I stand the sun burn..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Banished/431612/</link>
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			<title>Mirror Mirror on the Wall</title>
			<description>&amp;nbsp;Mirror, Mirror on the wallYes you the one above the sinkInside my bathroom cold and smallI am the fairest, don&amp;rsquo;t you think?&amp;nbsp;My eyes are golden like the sunMy skin is flawless, young and tanMy facial bones in perfect placeAre finer than the average man.&amp;nbsp;Oh Mi..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Banished/430609/</link>
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			<title>When my Body is Lifeless and Dead</title>
			<description>&amp;nbsp;The darkness is nearing, advancing with timeWar drums beat songs of the dead.The howling wind cries with voices of painDriving meaningless words through my head.&amp;nbsp;The brave ones will run, the cowards will fightO&amp;rsquo;er mountains, the ignorant rest.And dream up the clouds th..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Banished/428677/</link>
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			<title>Die Little Girl</title>
			<description>&amp;nbsp;Dance little girl while the sun is still downIn the darkness, the world may not stare.For the grass is still soft and the breeze is still lightAs it soundlessly sways through your hair.&amp;nbsp;Laugh little girl, while the time is still rightIn the darkness nobody will hear.For you ..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Banished/424491/</link>
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			<title>Awake</title>
			<description>&amp;nbsp;Open your mouthI am already deadYou can&amp;rsquo;t laugh me to sleepWith the words you have saidFor you I don&amp;rsquo;t bleedFrom my chains, I&amp;rsquo;m releasedI&amp;rsquo;ve been mocked for my greedAll my dreaming &amp;ndash; deceasedBring forth the knifeOf your snow gleaming teethEat a..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Banished/424027/</link>
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			<title>The Writer is Dead</title>
			<description>&amp;nbsp;Black walls painted whiteBlinking eyes, kill the nightAnother dayAnother sheetAnother foe to defeatIn a book of dumb wordsWith no plot or no endBut some task to completeOr a dream to defendDoes it stop when were dead?Happy endings are fakeIn its place is the outcomeOf a..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Banished/418184/</link>
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			<title>Broken</title>
			<description>&amp;nbsp;Is it wrong to dream about dieing?To be able to feel the bloodSnaking and pulsing its way through your veinsStutter to a faltering stop.To feel the warmth sucked from the depths of your skinAs your body remains cold and paleOn the floor.The floor stained red with the sins of your..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Banished/413201/</link>
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			<title>Tortured Dreamer</title>
			<description>&amp;nbsp;Can you see behind the maskThis cracking chipping face I wearTortured, bent, almost deadFrom the mocking abuseYour eyes have suppliedThe emerald coal that seems to knowSecrets that make my insides burnWith scorching acid bubblingUntil it melts my mind and soulSilently drippin..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Banished/411264/</link>
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