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		<description>The original writings of author Hitchhiker</description>
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			<title>Waiting for the Rest</title>
			<description>Thenight&amp;rsquo;s sky with its twinkling stars,I&amp;rsquo;ve slept under, felt like a Czar.I propped my feet on the full moon,It reminded me of cartoons.Theall clear bell has pealed for me,When I nearly drowned in the dead sea.Lay awake at night in the dark,I thought all of my fr..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/RamSlade/1435830/</link>
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			<title>Ego</title>
			<description>myego walked with medown the dark corridors of my leftit breathed the breath ofstrength and aweand gave it back to meit pushed and pulledo'er many difficult and lonely roadseh . . . ego has become agedas have Iits once strong inputthese dayshe puts the onus on meI fearI'm..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/RamSlade/1427521/</link>
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			<title>Inside the Clevland Street Bar</title>
			<description>wandering misfit looking for an oasisoverwhelmed by loneliness, tortured by disingenuousness of lifeneed for human contact fosters frustrationshabbiness of life intolerableCleveland Street Barirresistible force pulling him insidedoor locked up tightbuzzed-in tonightsawdust floor,..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/RamSlade/1426779/</link>
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			<title>Hovering On The Cusp Of Lunacy</title>
			<description>Okay, this one is a little long . . . Yeah, I know . . .</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/RamSlade/1422375/</link>
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			<title>Dreaming of Her</title>
			<description>amidthe noise makers of Halloweenyou stand out my dearI recognized you through the sheer veilyour face was sadbut your eyeswere bright and cheerfulI took in your fine bodywith eyes of my on encirclingyour waist so invitingand breastsmy god, to please any manyour short skirt c..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/RamSlade/1421615/</link>
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			<title>A Final End to Dreams and Innocence</title>
			<description>Iused to have dreamsI used to live in innocencethese daysno more dreamsnot a drop of innocencethey have been flayed awayif this happens to you you find yourself approaching oppressing obscuritywhere youreach out to the cyber worldwhere it's easyto relate in a cyber-posturing ..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/RamSlade/1420993/</link>
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			<title>Too Late, Much Too Late</title>
			<description>theresome things I cannot explainlike the wind whistling lowinto my heartfrom the open windowat night I try to slumberthe winddisturbs my near sleep quietthen, of coursethere is herI fling back the bedcoversnaked I lie thereallowing the wind to caress memy thoughtsunderst..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/RamSlade/1419742/</link>
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			<title>Chance Meeting with Intelligence</title>
			<description>Intelligence I did meet,Upon the road yesterday,He turned back and did not greet,And left me there, fool to play.What of me did he perceive,I watched his back and I frowned,The fool to play; one to grieve,Or a sad drum-beating clown.My face lit up with a laugh,What 'ere he thou..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/RamSlade/1419237/</link>
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			<title>My Soul and I</title>
			<description>sometimes the black nightenvelops me like hope forevermoreI understand the feelingI've been with the feeling beforemany timesin these, my last daysthe black nightto me is my all encompassing pure soulsoul?I am a man who does not have the faithmost would glean from thatthat I ha..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/RamSlade/1418704/</link>
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			<title>Not Even a Drop in the Old Bucket</title>
			<description>Eh . . . We get so caught up with ourselves and the daily struggle to maintain the status quo we many times fail to accept how insignificant we are in the grand scheme of things.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/RamSlade/1418147/</link>
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			<title>History of Love</title>
			<description>whydo we keep trying to analyzelove . . .billions of words have beenhurled, screamed, written and all those wordshave done nothing whatsoeverto stop the same mistakes from happeningday after day, after dayyeah after year after . . .virtual &quot;how-to&quot; tomes are waitingdust-covered..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/RamSlade/1417561/</link>
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			<title>Livin' It On The Brink</title>
			<description>awww. . . I haven't much to say'cept life goes betterif you're livin' it on the brinkstand tall against thunderstormsn'er listening to what &quot;they&quot; have to sayspit in hell's eyeit's your lifelive it the way you want tolivin' it on the brinkyou don't have to be youngcan do it at ..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/RamSlade/1417248/</link>
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			<title>An Appearance of Dawn</title>
			<description>anappearance of dawnmotionlessness the heavens seem to be mocking my over-indulgentfantasyabout existence, demise, sleepare the previous monotonous resonanceof old unchanging thoughtsmy inner self harmonious with yourswe are two spiritsif you believe in spiritswe are the en..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/RamSlade/1417076/</link>
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			<title>Livin' It On The Brink</title>
			<description>awww. . . I haven't much to say'cept life goes betterif you're livin' it on the brinkstand tall against thunderstormsn'er listening to what &quot;they&quot; have to sayspit in hell's eyeit's your lifelive it the way you want tolivin' it on the brinkyou don't have to be youngcan do it at ..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/RamSlade/1415580/</link>
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			<title>Come Sit With Me Mr. Poe</title>
			<description>Mr.Poe be my guestAnd honor my requestPlease bring Annabel LeeFrom Kingdom of the SeaI think that you will findWe are of the same kindWe Dream Within a DreamAnd have both swam upstreamI understand your fearsThat is perfectly clearSit there, let your heart pourO'er the lovely ..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/RamSlade/1415119/</link>
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			<title>Fix it For Me, Please</title>
			<description>Would that it would be this easy . . .</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/RamSlade/1414671/</link>
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			<title>A Defined Woman</title>
			<description>Sometimes the unproven, but magical thoughts about living again absorb my thoughts. That is when I write poems such as this . . .</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/RamSlade/1414267/</link>
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			<title>Backthinking</title>
			<description>Reincarnation thoughts . . .</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/RamSlade/1410899/</link>
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			<title>A Child's Shout</title>
			<description>Will you please be kindAnd do not me bindPlease don't be so blindListen to my mindDon't keep me confinedHear me out and findI can be refinedMy thoughts you can mineDon't leave me behind.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/RamSlade/1410176/</link>
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			<title>A Cold and Pitiless Wind</title>
			<description>A cold and pitiless wind moves amongus,A current of current rising fromepochs old.Can we sleep serenely and withoutfear whenAmid stirrings of horse's hoofs hesmiles?Beneath primordial moons deviously doesplot,Time is of no value, eternity hasevolved.Without th..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/RamSlade/1409878/</link>
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			<title>Creature of Habit, Beast of Burden</title>
			<description>a cobweb in the back ofmy psycheis claiming my attentionsomewhere I hear phony laughterso I lit upsmoked it with a huge amount of sinlight 'em up dopeyou have no hopeI might be shallowas I've been toldone thing I'm not bustercoward's the wordwon't find me cowering in ..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/RamSlade/1409658/</link>
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			<title>Danger in a Tight-Fitting Black Dress</title>
			<description>she looked at mewith sultry perceptive eyes andher mouth was turned downshe wasn't youngand naivestill, she had a calculating mindlooking for immoral inspired funand still young enoughto promote themwhen she spoke her voicesounded ivy leagueflamboyantly fragrantrich daddy..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/RamSlade/1409541/</link>
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			<title>That City</title>
			<description>flickeringstreet lampkeeping time with your beating heartyou escape the streetinto the den of iniquitybetter known as Pirate's DenNawleansused to be called &quot;Sin City&quot;or . . .&quot;Crescent City&quot;lately it has been&quot;Big Easy&quot;but through it allit has always remained for the lo..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/RamSlade/1409357/</link>
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			<title>Shared Love</title>
			<description>Just reflection upon this thing we call love . . .</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/RamSlade/1408951/</link>
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			<title>A Threesome with Elvis</title>
			<description>stuck-up crow struts
down a gravel path where I sit in my Merc
in the back seat with Marionette
we are both disheveled
from the reverberations of sounds
and smells of lust
I turn the radio up loud</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/RamSlade/1408815/</link>
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			<title>Miss Ecuador</title>
			<description>A rite of passage memory when I was young and free in the sixties' Los Angeles . . .</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/RamSlade/1371386/</link>
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			<title>A Night of Sensuous Pleasure - Sonnet</title>
			<description>Just replaying a night of pleasure . . .</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/RamSlade/1369059/</link>
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			<title>Evil On The High Seas</title>
			<description>This is something very different for me and I don't have the slightest idea where it came from.  It just wrote itself.  Boggles the mind.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/RamSlade/1264337/</link>
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			<title>A Female Unknown</title>
			<description>They found her at night sprawled inthe alley,Asleep in the Lily of the Valley.Obscene and cold lying flat on herback,And all for hit of ten dollar crack.&amp;nbsp;Beneath all the grime and blood andthe gore,The innocence, before she was aw***e,Could not be seen and ..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/RamSlade/1263859/</link>
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			<title>Cheyenne</title>
			<description>rocky mountain beautygreen eyes God made first proportioned everything else complementary Xanadu, my girl of the mountains she had her style I was beguiled mountain streams touched by Paradise so too, this rocky mountain beauty panache personified elegance to my aw sh..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/RamSlade/1260377/</link>
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			<title>Thoughts of Taylor, Arkansas</title>
			<description>thojust a lad I remember my hometownbefore the beatingbecame too numeroussitting on the porch in the rockerearly morningtransfixed with a cobwebin the nook of a tree branchlightly kissed by the dewthe dew look like a million starsspread out all over that tree branchthe early mo..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/RamSlade/1260025/</link>
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			<title>Conspiracy</title>
			<description>calming the turbulent waters of&amp;nbsp; death-bed schematicsslight break in murmured voices,tinge of disbeliefeyes shadowy, detached, shiftyheavy-plumed-smoked-filled room,clogged phlegm on detailsclock ticking, fulfilling strategyanxiety shudder extract oxygen fromair..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/RamSlade/1259633/</link>
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			<title>The Blonde</title>
			<description>thebartender slid the gimlettowardmeIraised it to my mouthsippedfrom itsaid,that&amp;rsquo;s good Jimhegave me a look, said&amp;ldquo;Myname is Bad, Bad Leroy Brown.&amp;rdquo;Imumble I&amp;rsquo;m sorry&amp;ldquo;Nobiggie,&amp;rdquo; he said.nobiggie, the blonde be..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/RamSlade/1259418/</link>
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			<title>Apostrophe</title>
			<description>&amp;nbsp;I can converse with you, apostrophe,for you see we both plot to hide thekeyingredients in a relationship,when you are used, certain lettersare skipped.&amp;nbsp;There are times I feel I am in thedark,like, when I get used to seeing yourmark,making a word..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/RamSlade/1258974/</link>
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			<title>A Test of Wills</title>
			<description>she licked her fingerssmoothed her eyebrowslet the spaghetti-strap gownpuddle around her feetsaidyou'll regret every night of yourlifeexcept this one&amp;nbsp;I looked past her voluptuousnakednessto the wallpaper on the wallits patterns looked like DNA cha..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/RamSlade/1258465/</link>
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			<title>Rooming House</title>
			<description>1968New OrleansI'd been in worseand betterplacesit was just a room to sleepsweaty night sleepand stayin the daytime, sitting on the bedbeing quietnot bothering anyonethat was how it was donehow I wanted itto hide my future andsecretsthe..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/RamSlade/1257900/</link>
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