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			<title>Fly Away, Phoenix </title>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Zan/1731177/</link>
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			<title>who knows </title>
			<description>The music begins andI freeze in your gaze;you take my hand afterwhich it's a blurry haze.We're starting to sway andyour cheek's against mine,you tell me I'm home now,and until the end of time.Because you're gonna hold me,&amp;nbsp;and you'll never let go.Just how much you love me,you want me to knowOn o..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Zan/1731166/</link>
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			<title>Unfinished </title>
			<description>So many people dream of the unattainable;far-fetched fantasyBut for me, when it comes to you,&amp;nbsp;my dream is domesticity&amp;nbsp;</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Zan/1726027/</link>
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			<title>Imperfect Souls </title>
			<description>One day we'll be old and grey,with wrinkles and spots of age,&amp;nbsp;&quot;some day&quot; is a phrase we'll never use.Memories of foreign lands,scars and our wedding bands,&amp;nbsp;the last remnants of our fading youth.&amp;nbsp;Lets be those two imperfect soulswho just won't give up&amp;nbsp;on a perfect love.&amp;nbsp;Lets ..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Zan/1697252/</link>
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			<title>Remember</title>
			<description>when snow is falling, paper thinstirred by merciless gusts of windand melts like tears on asphalt blackyou always seem to come creeping back&amp;nbsp;remember, remember&amp;nbsp;our frozen december nightsbeneath the lights&amp;nbsp;i feel your shadow, but you're not thereyour voice drifts through the haunted ai..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Zan/1686025/</link>
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			<title>Here I am </title>
			<description>Here I amin my fairy tale world;lonely boymeets lonely girl.In my eyesit's clear to seewhy I chose youbut why did you choose me?Always running out of sound checksand spitting out gibberishcalling out and crying outand living loudbut it's all in my head.Yes, here I amBut I'm not all hereThe worlds in..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Zan/1670660/</link>
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			<title>Mateusz </title>
			<description>Eyes closed to a world I cannot see,Neck-deep in the music that youbreathe A carousel of notes twisting &amp;lsquo;round your foldedfingersWeaving tapestries of heart-beats I can&amp;rsquo;t feel&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Deep lungfuls in silence, you exhale in songI ca..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Zan/1662249/</link>
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			<title>New Dream</title>
			<description>Eyes slowly closingheart softly beatinga new dream alightsin the warmth of your embrace.I see myself reflectedin the whirlpool of your eyes.In them I see my future;in it I see you.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Zan/1660805/</link>
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			<title>Hidden Treasures</title>
			<description>What some may seeand simply pass by -&amp;nbsp;overlook,ensnares mewith rapt desireunblinking, unwaveringappraisal.For it may seem to mein the Pirate's map of lifethat wrecks ships on shores of silverand makes beggars of gold and richesthere are certain hidden treasuresfor only me to seeand yet I need n..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Zan/1660804/</link>
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			<title>My Last Soliloquy</title>
			<description>They said out, get out of our townyou've broken the glass, burned out the lightsThey said, the stars burn black for youyou brought it here, you brought the fearThis storm is gonna take me downHe's so strong, when he took my hand,lightning flashed in his eyes, and we took a standI could see their sur..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Zan/1660798/</link>
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			<title>We, Your Child Soldiers</title>
			<description>In the silence of my mindI see a bird taking flightdripping ink across the pagethere is war to wageWe, your child soldierswith our minds inyour glowing forgesWe will not be brokenthough you're hopingwe will not fight for you.Like a kitten with her yarn, I chase my thoughts&amp;nbsp;unraveling in scribbl..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Zan/1660796/</link>
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			<title>Haunted</title>
			<description>Haunted, we are hauntedby the talents that we flaunted.We are the living dead.Thinning husks and crumbling shadowsof ice and stone we're made.Royals of a rotting palace,masks we put on for the day.And could you ever tell,could you ever tellI was breaking down,breaking down?Could you ever tell,could ..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Zan/1644896/</link>
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			<title>Looking for Wonderland </title>
			<description>Inside my penbehind your eyeswithin that deadly melting smileyou seem to searchmy brooding glancelooking for wonderlandwonderlandYour feather touchfaint sighs of silkbroken bottles on the floordizzy, dazedbeneath clouds of smokewe're searching for something morewonderland</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Zan/1644893/</link>
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			<title>The wrong Alice </title>
			<description>I'm scared - it's crowded in here&amp;nbsp;shadows and serpents and clawsin the darkness, a locked doora bottle, the keyis this all just a dream?I've gone mad, I know itbut the secret whispered&amp;nbsp;through puffs of smokekeeps me grounded in knowingall the best people are&amp;nbsp;</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Zan/1644891/</link>
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			<title>Four Thirds</title>
			<description>You know I never feelnever feel beautifulexcept when I'm with youwatch me float away - I'm a helium balloon&amp;nbsp;All the things I want to tell you but get stuck in my throatand I try...but I'm blindto what you seebehind these jaded eyesI sighAnd I need an extra quarter'cause I'm not quite whole&amp;nbsp..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Zan/1644890/</link>
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			<title>Run with me wild</title>
			<description>Knocking on my windowI thought it was rainhe was barely a shadowthe dark new moonIn blew the breezelike striking a matchhis low voice made me freezewhen he held out his hand&amp;nbsp;He said, run with me wildbaby, fly with me freewe've got just one lifeone nightdo you trust me?So I took his handand we s..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Zan/1644885/</link>
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			<title>Our Song</title>
			<description>One day...We&amp;rsquo;ll hear it on the radioAnd start to sing alongI&amp;rsquo;ll look into your eyesRe-live it in our song&amp;nbsp;You know you make me cryWhen you play for me&amp;lsquo;cause you don&amp;rsquo;t realize The amazing things I see&amp;nbsp;And if I were to tell ..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Zan/1612527/</link>
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			<title>Fight or Flight</title>
			<description>Fight or flight - you always runyou only ever think of funperhaps you're heartlessperhaps he's righti bet you could save thisif you'd only fight&amp;nbsp;</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Zan/1593272/</link>
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			<title>Midnight Poison</title>
			<description>Rediscovered a poem from grade nine english... playing with sonnets </description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Zan/1593269/</link>
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			<title>Through Saner Eyes</title>
			<description>If only I could see the world&amp;nbsp;	through saner eyes...If only I could take off my disguise.And maybe then I could be freeto find the other part of methat seems to hide	behind veils of shadowa dark river in the sun</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Zan/1593266/</link>
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			<title>Faded</title>
			<description>How can I be so emptywhen everyone is near?If the pane of glass between us&amp;nbsp;breaks, what is there to fear?Can't you see me tryingto break free from this cage?and fall into your arms -&amp;nbsp;stay there until old-age.Yet I fear that as I tear downyou begin to build.You hold me at arms length;a smil..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Zan/1593264/</link>
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			<title>Serene Beach</title>
			<description>In sands of timesweet memories swirlbreak like foaming surfupon the shore.Sunlight seeps across the sea -&amp;nbsp;slow and sweet molasses</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Zan/1593263/</link>
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			<title>Dreams</title>
			<description>Dreams;where fear and desire dance togethermemories lurk in plain daylight and happiness in shadowamong the deceptive illusions we fence with our gravesimagination abundant, brilliant, depraved</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Zan/1593260/</link>
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			<title>&quot;Letters&quot;</title>
			<description>lights low now, hearts pounding&amp;nbsp;faint traces of touch&amp;nbsp;thin, silvery moonlight&amp;nbsp;feeling so much&amp;nbsp;if only we told them&amp;nbsp;would they really care?to hide us in darknessdoesn't seem fair&amp;nbsp;</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Zan/1593250/</link>
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			<title>I'm Only Human</title>
			<description>you see, my heart is frozenall affection is fakeI've never been brokenI never give - only takeyou are the only one&amp;nbsp;with a story to tellwith a past, with painwith tears in your eyesthough you've never seen me cryI'm only human&amp;nbsp;don't I deserve my share of mistakes?</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Zan/1590132/</link>
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			<title>Rock-bottom</title>
			<description>take my hand and together we'll flyfeel the wind in your hair drawing tears from your eyessee the world down below us lit up at night&amp;nbsp;tell me - my arms around you, do they feel right?let's glide along the smoke and step across the starsshould I fear you letting go if I show you my scars?if we f..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Zan/1589637/</link>
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			<title>Winter Wheat</title>
			<description>Winter winds sweeping in a low blanket of lonely fogThe air cold and grey, settling ice on restless hearts&amp;nbsp;Was it the snow or chimney smoke over fields of winter wheat&amp;nbsp;That drove me forward looking outside for something that I lacked within&amp;nbsp;chorus:you had your hand on my heartBut your..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Zan/1589605/</link>
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			<title>This Place of Memories</title>
			<description>I come from where the cattails sigh,where secrets whispered on the wind are carried, twisting, through tangled branchesfrom where water o'er pebbles is music for my lullaby&amp;nbsp;and where across starlit fields my spirit dancesI come from a place where the wise trees watchin silent vigil they guard t..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Zan/1503965/</link>
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			<title>Melt into Mist </title>
			<description>In the silence, a heart beata feather-light toucha candle-wick soul&amp;nbsp;one spark is enoughto light me on fire&amp;nbsp;gone up in smokethis raging desire&amp;nbsp;material dreams.I find, as you kiss methat I cease to exist&amp;nbsp;even closer you pull me&amp;nbsp;and I melt into mist.&amp;nbsp;</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Zan/1503515/</link>
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			<title>With the stars in my eyes </title>
			<description>With its velvet tipped wings It whispered to meAnd the air flowed like silkGiving life I breathed in the lightAs I lay in the silence And fingered the edgeOf my knifeThe butterfly landed on myThin, parted lipsAnd the tears flowed down From my eyesLaying still; forest fl..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Zan/1500869/</link>
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			<title>Incisions </title>
			<description>Still a draft... Basically everything of mine is a draft right now :) </description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Zan/1482885/</link>
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			<title>lucid dream</title>
			<description>the lucid dream; a feather's touchdrew ripple across still glass lake of consciousnessessilent wind whispered smoke-veiled thoughts&amp;nbsp;turned restless, and confronted by eminent glowtranslucent by the light,&amp;nbsp;through my own skin i watched swirl my soulwrithing withinas if my own body was its i..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Zan/1482338/</link>
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			<title>Black Book</title>
			<description>in a black book with lock and keythere i hide my insanitymy words in ink they dripped&amp;nbsp;and across shadowed pages flowsmeared like blood under my fiststacks of letters, row on row&amp;nbsp;in the darkest depth of shadow left I&amp;nbsp;this book that betrayed me so&amp;nbsp;my inner workings displayed inside..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Zan/1482321/</link>
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			<title>my brain went splat... too many words...</title>
			<description>keep in mind and hold in hearti am the artist's chosen art&amp;nbsp;the spirit of living you breathe me inlucid recollection of time before sand&amp;nbsp;fight against the wind to hold your groundbalanced on the curve of a slender bubblesee the cities bent beneath youtranslucent in a moment of enlightenment..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Zan/1482314/</link>
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			<title>dancing shadows **draft </title>
			<description>suggestions?</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Zan/1469494/</link>
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			<title>Rough waves </title>
			<description>cancer really sucks </description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Zan/1401569/</link>
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			<title>What lies beneath</title>
			<description>What lies beneath your frozen heartCould there be layers left to thaw?Cloaked in darkness, drenched in tearsI'm lost in love, bloody and raw Let me find that spark, that finger flameThat lights me up when you say my nameAnd burn your ice palace downBurn it down to the ground Behi..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Zan/1400170/</link>
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			<title>Child Queen </title>
			<description>As pretty as a roseShe charms us with her beauty But we value her all the moreFor her thorns </description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Zan/1399946/</link>
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			<title>Bed of Broken Glass</title>
			<description>It's more of a song really</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Zan/1358835/</link>
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			<title>work in progress</title>
			<description>When the rain falls&amp;nbsp;you smile at meall the water on my face looks the samethe clouds roll in&amp;nbsp;to block the suncast shadows on our foolish little game When I'm numb with pain And I'm seeing spots </description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Zan/1346233/</link>
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			<title>Cloak and dagger</title>
			<description>Cloak and daggera fine silk scarfyour way with wordsa blunt short swordyou smile at meyet strike againthose dizzy blows&amp;nbsp;create new lows</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Zan/1339805/</link>
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			<title>So Good to be Home</title>
			<description>Oh the willows whisperedAnd the cattails sighedThe grass bent before the wind The howling in my mind&amp;nbsp;And the shadow on the drive Sang silent notes of prideThat figure turned awayBowing, broken, ghostly, shy</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Zan/1288876/</link>
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			<title>But We Were Saved</title>
			<description>It's more of a song but I don't have the notes yet. </description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Zan/1288870/</link>
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			<title>The Unknown</title>
			<description>Dripping black inkswirls on white paperthe words are a comfort&amp;nbsp;they bring me to safety&amp;nbsp;slow the spinning worldlet me breathe once more.&amp;nbsp;Dancing white spotsworld lurches and spinsdark tendrils reach upclaiming my calm.So dizzy I'm drunkin the darkness my fearspirals out of control&amp;nbsp..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Zan/1263633/</link>
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			<title>Butterfly Snows </title>
			<description>Snowflakes drifting in the darkcaressing cheeks, lashes, lipsbutterfly kissesthey land on the windshield&amp;nbsp;tears they splash&amp;nbsp;the black wiper bladesthat fling them to the pavementblack as the nightwhere the streetlamps don't glow. &amp;nbsp;</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Zan/1263622/</link>
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			<title>He's &quot;A Keeper&quot; </title>
			<description>His smile is as sweetas the roses in his hand,that gentle embracethat calls to mindsunlit memoriesof days that never werebut yet continue to be. &amp;nbsp;</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Zan/1244135/</link>
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			<title>Stained</title>
			<description>A butterfly kissed my lips&amp;nbsp;velvet soft wings caressing my cheeksbleeding its colour onto my skinand it crumpled theredead in the eyes of the worldbut living on in the layers of my tissuethat it stained.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Zan/1241244/</link>
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			<title>Seafloor Butler </title>
			<description>The dark, dim, twisting currentslike probing fingers&amp;nbsp;pry apart the wreckagewood boards burst and splinterand they shy back, startledvaguely amused.Shadowy tendrils, like coiling serpentsslink along the sand-bottom&amp;nbsp;mud billowing up in inky cloudsto hide their insubstantial formscreeping slo..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Zan/1240717/</link>
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			<title>Let Us Be Free</title>
			<description>Let us be freeand we'll owe youfor the sights that we see.Keep us chainedand you'll pay usfor the quarts that we bleed.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Zan/1239111/</link>
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			<title>Impress Us</title>
			<description>it's a clean slate, madmanstark and whitedo with it what you pleasebut make it good, we want it goodimpress usyour blood and heart may spill,madman, o'er the softened pagesno mattermake it good, we want it goodimpress uswe'll lock you in a cell, madmanleave you there to diefor your breath it fogged ..</description>
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