http://slow.writerscafe.org/GuinnessRapture The original writings of author Erica Winter en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1776091122 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 We’re leagues and seas apartYou’d have to dive til you ran out of breath to find me.I’m so far down.We could drive past the places we grew upNever stopping til we're out of the familiarThis station is tuning out during our favorite songWe might be wasted, but our time i.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/GuinnessRapture/1316809/ Scribbled on an envelope at 3 a.m. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/GuinnessRapture/1316780/ Very proud of this one. 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