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		<description>The original writings of author Heather Hassell</description>
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			<title>psychotic</title>
			<description>nonsense</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/hhassell/1247995/</link>
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			<title>societal disorder</title>
			<description>don't judge me.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/hhassell/1244989/</link>
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			<title>uninspired.</title>
			<description>my imagination is stuck in a rutbut i beg it to come out and play.it'll be fun, i say,really, it'll just make my day.i cannot, it says,i've fallen so deep and i've grown so weak.i simply cannot find a way.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/hhassell/1243459/</link>
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			<title>untitled</title>
			<description>when i'm six feet under,will you think of me then?</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/hhassell/1240107/</link>
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			<title>hi-coo</title>
			<description>ideas are bornright on the tip of her tonguesharpest tongue i know</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/hhassell/1239082/</link>
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			<title>plain</title>
			<description>i like whenwords speak for themselvesand create their own beat in your braini'm not one for fancy thingsi like black inkon white pagesand sentences that are sowell calculated that theyseem effortless</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/hhassell/1238674/</link>
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			<title>nerd</title>
			<description>i would prefer to sithome aloneand read the fountainheadthe catcher in ryethe metamorphosisthe strangeri get drunk off plays on wordsi get high off clever plotswhat keeps me up atnight isn't moneyor relationships it's the fact thatthere are so manylovely booksthat have yet to be in my handsit's over..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/hhassell/1238624/</link>
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			<title>last night my best friend took lsd</title>
			<description>i cannot write any kind of poem that would do  event any justice. drugs, man.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/hhassell/1238076/</link>
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			<title>daddy dearest</title>
			<description>i just hate the factthat i have your eyesthe same eyes that can look back at me with contemptan ocean full of maliceand disgust as if i was the one whosunk your neatly built palace</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/hhassell/1237091/</link>
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			<title>run rabbit run</title>
			<description>no longer wasshe contentwalking among the deadhowever there werenone of the livingkind to be foundshe didn't understandtheir boring jobsand boring spousesand boring kidsand boring housesand boring sexand boring traditionsshe didn't inherit anything from the pastshe didn't owe anything to anyoneand s..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/hhassell/1236322/</link>
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			<title>untitled</title>
			<description>here's to the misfitsand the underdogsthe ones that won't quitand the underachievershere's to the recklessand the foolishthe ones with minds left to loseand guts left to spill</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/hhassell/1235890/</link>
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			<title>snowflake in the avalanche</title>
			<description>a particular mandedicated his entire lifeto answer the question'what is happiness?'he had loved and been lovedworked hardand relishedthe fruits of hislaborhe tried his best todo right by everyoneand never to pass judgmenthe had travelled farand widenever discriminatingand embracing every opportunity..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/hhassell/1235298/</link>
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			<title>september</title>
			<description>nervous nightsanxious dayswhen the deviltakes to his knees andsilently prays</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/hhassell/1235099/</link>
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			<title>block</title>
			<description>this blank screen has been staring at me for a while nowtrying to coax out&amp;nbsp;somethingworth writingbut i simply have nothing to sayat the momentwe both know that is a liei'm just tryingto hide the factthat my mindis as emptyas the white that isburning my eyeballs.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/hhassell/1234940/</link>
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			<title>bland</title>
			<description>the wine bottle is near exhaustionand the cigarette's ember is kissing the filterall things must come to an end, dear.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/hhassell/1234931/</link>
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			<title>lagoon</title>
			<description>there was a statue ofBuddha overlookingthe waterit must have been quite oldout there alonebearing the brunt of the elementshis ears eyes andmouth worn awayhear no evilsee no evilspeak no evil</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/hhassell/1231788/</link>
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			<title>origin</title>
			<description>we're all made ofthe stuff in starsand whatever is on marsinside of youis the same as dinosaur bonesand those pretty little stonesyour energy is universal</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/hhassell/1230926/</link>
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			<title>take it back</title>
			<description>it's a peculiar feelingno longer beingable to confide in the personwho held your trust forsuch a long time.it's as if running againwhen you're fresh off crutches,fumbling over thosefirst few steps,clumsy anduncoordinated.but you will take backthat trust and place itagain inyourself andyour judgments..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/hhassell/1230914/</link>
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			<title>literally, a question</title>
			<description>no really, please give me some thoughts on this.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/hhassell/1230503/</link>
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			<title>absurd</title>
			<description>rational mindsseeking structurein a universalsoupdemanding answers to only be faced with 'return to sender.'mother natureis onestubbornold broad,must bewhere wegot it from.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/hhassell/1230477/</link>
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			<title>uh oh</title>
			<description>twice a day nowthat unavailable numbercallsand callsagain.last four digits1116they're looking for you,mommy.they want your money,money that you don'thave.but my guess isthey'd settle forblood.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/hhassell/1230330/</link>
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			<title>eleven</title>
			<description>a bit out of my element, but figured i'd give it a go.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/hhassell/1230313/</link>
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			<title>cartoons and cigarettes</title>
			<description>i sat up all nightwatching cartoonsand smoking cigarettesthinking about how much distancei've put between myself and my childhoodand what a shameit would be to ever losemy youth.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/hhassell/1229576/</link>
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			<title>them</title>
			<description>if you never stop questioning what you're toldwhat you're shownwhat you're guaranteedwhat you're spoon-fed by the hand of stingyswinishshrewd and slybusinessmenwell that's half the battle.when you first encounter the urge tobite that handcongratulationsyou're now a dangerous person.you're now learni..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/hhassell/1229457/</link>
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			<title>unsure</title>
			<description>her insecurities are little girls wrapped in ribbons and frilly dresses and fighting for attention&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; and her confidence kisses each one goodnight every night and never forgets.her fears are stubborn old men drunk on nostalgia and whiskey and longing for youth&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; and her faith is t..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/hhassell/1229346/</link>
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			<title>Untitled II</title>
			<description>When I was eleven,&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; I wanted to be thirteen.When I was thirteen,&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; I wanted to be sixteen.When I was sixteen,&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; I wanted to be eighteen.When I became eighteen,&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; I wanted to be nothing.Now I am nineteen,&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; And I am nothing.Now I am nineteen,&amp;nbsp;&amp;n..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/hhassell/1227839/</link>
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			<title>Verbal Warfare</title>
			<description>verbal warfare, the cruelest kind.&amp;nbsp;sickly syllables pierce the skin with every beat.sentences strung together with an intangible toxin,the deadliest of weapons.&amp;nbsp;two opponents,spewing wordsspawned from the unholiest of places.their only goal to cut&amp;nbsp;the other down.to see whose poison is..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/hhassell/1226924/</link>
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			<title>Bang.</title>
			<description>I&amp;nbsp;stole a peek inside today, and what&amp;nbsp;peered back&amp;nbsp;left me in dismay.&amp;nbsp;I myself, I must betray,today I shot myself, and walked away.&amp;nbsp;</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/hhassell/1226880/</link>
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			<title>Plan</title>
			<description>gotta love nonsense.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/hhassell/1210185/</link>
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			<title>Untitled </title>
			<description>While I'm sleeping, my shadow dances.She creeps out from under me, cautiously at first, careful not to wake me. Only when she is confident in her freedom does she begin to waltz over the flowers of my old wallpaper.Hauntingly, she&amp;nbsp;sings the songs that I have never been able to find the words fo..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/hhassell/1208060/</link>
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			<title>Dead Before he Dies</title>
			<description>He was immersed in the hum-drum of everyday life,his Mondays bleeding into his Tuesdays, just as it had for fifty-five years.&amp;nbsp;Protected by his shining armor of ignorance,he was untouchable.&amp;nbsp;What he didn't know, couldn't hurt him,and what he did know, taught him that he didn't desire to kno..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/hhassell/1208013/</link>
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			<title>The Paradox of Me</title>
			<description>I was born an April's fool,&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; an Aries's sun and a Pisces's moon.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/hhassell/1207921/</link>
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