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			<title>Flutterbies</title>
			<description>the spiders find their way through my veinsexciting every sense with their intricate webs trailing behindthey might be more like wing&amp;egrave;d things if they flutteredbut they prick and tingle with an attack on the mind&amp;nbsp;i'm falling, fallingan addiction so purethey're crawling, crawlingno chance..</description>
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			<title>thundersnow.</title>
			<description>i&amp;nbsp;fell asleep to the sound of rain.and you telling me I'm beautiful.your love like kisses on my skin.your words like feathers to my heart.i'm lost to you.the rain keeps pounding.i'm lost to you.</description>
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			<title>rush and relent</title>
			<description>What did we learn from the memoriesthat haunted?You stare ahead with a look that defieseverything I thought I felt and knew I wanted.Tears stream down from my eyes.One day we wanted an endto the friendship we ever bared. It's hard to comprehendthat the next day, we cared.Li..</description>
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			<title>I guess we really are growing up...</title>
			<description>how fast we all fly youngsettling for lust over lovewe&amp;rsquo;re all just a heart stungwe&amp;rsquo;re all just a bloodied dove </description>
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			<title>You can't help who you love...</title>
			<description>You can&amp;rsquo;t help your love.It&amp;rsquo;s yours even if it hits:forever yours even if it drives youcompletely out of your wits.It&amp;rsquo;s so good when it&amp;rsquo;s gooduntil you&amp;rsquo;re all alone,then it goes badand the pain eats to the bone.Your secret to keep,your Heaven, ..</description>
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			<title>this hour</title>
			<description>Just keep breathingand swallow the fightclench your fistsall you can do is writeBlast the fantake a cold showerput your mind off itif only for this hourClose your eyes and try not to pretendHe&amp;rsquo;s right by your sideforget the anger and how he&amp;rsquo;s far awayforget ..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/anticonformity96/1128725/</link>
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			<title>The Unbreakable Glass</title>
			<description>Bitter wind licked like flames at my skin. Snowflakes framedmy eyes. My fingers turned blue. The snow under my feet was so cold it wasburning as I stretched my eyes to the end of the never ending sheets of ice. Ilooked up and closed my eyes, praying for the warmth of the sun, but I opened..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/anticonformity96/1128722/</link>
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			<title>ta coeur</title>
			<description>A box you have given meonly slightly tattered and wornin loving hands, safe armsdespite some pieces tornHolding dusty bits of loveuntouched by human handsbut I love to gently caress themlike cool crystal sandsThe way they&amp;rsquo;re placed so perfectlyyour memories and sins..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/anticonformity96/1128686/</link>
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			<title>sweet nothings</title>
			<description>I&amp;rsquo;ve heard it all before, butit feels different from your lips:a cadence, a melody, a rhythm,my heart follows in flips.Just a paragraph, just a sentence, oh, just a word more&amp;hellip;another syllable to my heart,and I&amp;rsquo;m shaken to the core.I&amp;rsquo;ve fallen; I&amp;rsquo..</description>
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			<title>sour valentines</title>
			<description>when i was youngi believed in a thing called lovewith cupids and meaningsand heartbeats and feelingsit's almost funny nowthat i still save it in the back of my mindthat love still has a chancethat i'll get that second glancethe hearts surround my brain,slowly suffocate my b..</description>
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			<title>So they say...</title>
			<description>So they say I&amp;rsquo;m a coward, he&amp;rsquo;s a liar.We&amp;rsquo;re both just fools.Darling, ignore the pain of reality.We don&amp;rsquo;t have to follow the rules.Stand back, watch nowas our cover of deception falls:black as the night, thick as the forest,surrounding us like walls.Bla..</description>
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			<title>Rosy</title>
			<description>My tongue burns evermore behind clenched teethMy mind sends the words that my lips won&amp;rsquo;t formBut all you see is a happy princessWhile inside, a witch contains a brewing stormI find that if I hide, you forgetsecrets keep you content, keep you calmyou can cover them up, safe&amp;nb..</description>
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			<title>plein et simple</title>
			<description>It&amp;rsquo;s raining tonightand I wish you were herelight kisses on my skinsoft whispers in my earMy heart beats with yoursand you&amp;rsquo;ll be here soonmiles and miles apart, under the same moon</description>
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			<title>Play at Life</title>
			<description>I can&amp;rsquo;t ever figure outif what I feel is wrong or right.Where&amp;rsquo;s the voice, where&amp;rsquo;s the instinct?Where&amp;rsquo;s the blinding light?No one would guess this is who I am,this is the life I lead.I guess it&amp;rsquo;d never occur to themthat a good tree could make a not-s..</description>
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			<title>monster</title>
			<description>burning coldblack dustthere&amp;rsquo;s only one personi&amp;rsquo;ve come to trusthe comes at night when i&amp;rsquo;m in bedhe comes to playor so he saidhe calls me babyand says i&amp;rsquo;m funhe makes me promisei&amp;rsquo;ll never runhe touches and biteshe bruises and burnsbu..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/anticonformity96/1128121/</link>
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			<title>lovely traces</title>
			<description>You&amp;rsquo;re still on my lips:pink and soft.Still under my fingertips:Gentle yet determined.You&amp;rsquo;re still in my mind:brilliant and lucid.Your scent lingers,faint yet intense.You&amp;rsquo;re presence stayslong after you leave:protective and strong,tossed between the sh..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/anticonformity96/1128120/</link>
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			<title>scars</title>
			<description>the scars come in before i realize i'm harmedthe scars like snake bites along on my arms </description>
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			<title>Sweet goodnights and long goodbyes...</title>
			<description>This is something my boyfriend and I wrote together on a whim. It's from July 7th and 8th of 2012. He wrote the first line and I wrote the second. You'll find that his is much better than mine, haha.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/anticonformity96/1128116/</link>
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			<title>Jar of Hearts</title>
			<description>I want it to hurt.I want it to teem.I want to know it&amp;rsquo;s youwhen I hear a scream.I want it to burn.I want it to ache.I want you to knowI was your worst mistake.I want it to batter.I want it to harm.I want it to take your soul,your looks, your charm.I want it to..</description>
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			<title>In My Head</title>
			<description>If you got in my head,you&amp;rsquo;d find what you&amp;rsquo;d wish you hadn&amp;rsquo;t.I hold secrets strong enough to break,to scare, to madden.You&amp;rsquo;d find rats in the rafters,and spiders in the nooks:Monsters that&amp;rsquo;d you missIf only given a nimble look.Sure, there&amp;rsquo;s ..</description>
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			<title>I'm so afraid</title>
			<description>I&amp;rsquo;m so afraid&amp;hellip;Three simple wordsNot so poeticBut holding so much meaningI&amp;rsquo;m so weak&amp;hellip;When it comes down to itNot so strongI can only stumble, I can only crumble.I&amp;rsquo;m so in love&amp;hellip;Nothing else seems to matterNot so bad (after all)I can ..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/anticonformity96/1128105/</link>
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			<title>I coloured my walls with blackboard paint</title>
			<description>Icoloured my walls with blackboard paintand lie on my back looking at all the memories unwrittenI'd script the name of the boy I love, our names together every which wayand hearts, lots of heartsscribble the little bit of poetry I knowthe last bit of my dream I rememberthe firs..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/anticonformity96/1128104/</link>
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			<title>I am (2012)</title>
			<description>I am intuitive and unique.I wonder about this planet I call home.I hear music&amp;hellip;lots of music&amp;hellip;I see photos in every moment, waiting to be captured.I want freedom.I am intuitive and unique.I pretend for no one&amp;#2013266048;&quot;I am what I am.I feel cool autumn breezes.I ..</description>
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			<title>Frozen</title>
			<description>Frozen,as the world begins my race.The crack in my heart burrows deeper.I am deaf, but the screams cannot be ignored.I am blind, but the anger bleeds through their eyes.I am numb, but the blows come raging harder.The trench in my heart grows deeper still.As the world challenges my ..</description>
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			<title>cruelty</title>
			<description>People don't seem to understand how mean I can be...</description>
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			<title>confusion</title>
			<description>Oh be stillThe shake&amp;rsquo;s too strongYou&amp;rsquo;re more than thisBut the future takestoo longStop your tearsThey come too fastDon&amp;rsquo;t let her see you like thisAlright, it won&amp;rsquo;t last.I know you're empty insideI almost can&amp;rsquo;t endureIt won&amp;r..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/anticonformity96/1128084/</link>
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			<title>Closed Doors</title>
			<description>I&amp;rsquo;ve never done drugs.I&amp;rsquo;ve never been grounded.I&amp;rsquo;ve never had a drop to drink.I&amp;rsquo;ve never been in juvi.I don't have a record.I have it all together.I&amp;rsquo;msogood (it kills).EveryonewonderswhyGod couldn&amp;rsquo;t let them be me (how d..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/anticonformity96/1128073/</link>
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			<title>chere coeur</title>
			<description>Title means &quot;Dear Heart&quot;</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/anticonformity96/1128070/</link>
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			<title>cathartic</title>
			<description>All I wanted was youif you&amp;rsquo;d have me&amp;hellip;I once thoughtthis was all that could be.If only I&amp;rsquo;d been smartor you hadn&amp;rsquo;t disappeared.I&amp;rsquo;d save myself the heartacheand the scars that still sear.I may be acting immature,but you don&amp;rsquo;t see how I hur..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/anticonformity96/1128069/</link>
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			<title>careful</title>
			<description>Turn your music up soloud, you don&amp;rsquo;t have to think.Squeeze your eyes shut so tight, she thinks you&amp;rsquo;re asleep.Cry your tears soquietly, she won&amp;rsquo;t hear a sound.Make your smiles so fake, she won&amp;rsquo;t see you&amp;rsquo;re down.Be careful and wewon&amp;rsquo;t have to f..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/anticonformity96/1128066/</link>
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			<title>becoming</title>
			<description>I wrote this while looking at the stars one night. I noticed it seemed that everything in nature had a partner, naturally never alone...and yet some people sit in their houses at night, utterly alone.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/anticonformity96/1128063/</link>
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			<title>september eighth two-thousand-twelve</title>
			<description>I wrote this after the first time I really saw hurt in my boyfriend's eyes (unfortunately, it was my fault).</description>
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