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			<title>Dust</title>
			<description>My brain is wired,&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; entangledin thoughts of you--jolting, sparkling&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; thoughts of you&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;My cognitive chemistry&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;forever charged&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nb..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Ashley_Pietro/1351505/</link>
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			<title>Jar</title>
			<description>&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;DaylightI am sure to never be stillbecause if I do, I might let my mind wanderto the all-consuming thought of howyou may be slipping further and furtheraway from my grappling reach,&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Ashley_Pietro/1351504/</link>
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			<title>Acid</title>
			<description>tear ducts leak&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;into the cracks of otherswhile my lap grows stale--counting&amp;nbsp; the bread crumbsthat play hide and seekon my bathroom tiles&quot;I want to curl up and disintegrate with them.&quot;</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Ashley_Pietro/1351503/</link>
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			<title>Brain Surgery</title>
			<description>Oh,how he f***s&amp;nbsp;meviolently, ferociously, gloriouslywith every sly swerveevery cunning curve&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;flashingthrough reds and blues and purpleslike the shades we only feel in filmsand if I had the penetrating handsI would dissect his every strand&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; of muscle ..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Ashley_Pietro/1351498/</link>
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			<title>Haiku</title>
			<description>steeping&amp;nbsp;in fields of lavenderprivate&amp;nbsp;purple&amp;nbsp;paradise--&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; to lay on top of you</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Ashley_Pietro/1351015/</link>
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			<title>Eclipse</title>
			<description>to undress youis like the delicate&amp;nbsp;indulgenceof finger-painting&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; the flush of your skin&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; extending&amp;nbsp;far beyond&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; light&amp;rsquo;s color spectrum</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Ashley_Pietro/1351012/</link>
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			<title>Sexting Interlude Pt. 2</title>
			<description>singing locust--you&amp;rsquo;re all I dwell onall that absorbs me</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Ashley_Pietro/1351009/</link>
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			<title>Moments on a Bridge</title>
			<description>look at your&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;little fireworkssparkling&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;up my forearmtell mehow I taste like summershow youhow you feel like rain</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Ashley_Pietro/1351006/</link>
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			<title>Lotus</title>
			<description>mud--blanketing silent wateri lay beneath your murkat sundownreleasing the oxygenof my wetnessinto your earth&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; impending dawni do not want to climb throughunstained&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; peeling back the petalsyou delightfully taintmy pink unfolding&amp;#2013266048;&quot;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; i arrive into the da..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Ashley_Pietro/1351005/</link>
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			<title>Wednesday</title>
			<description>that was the firstof many days&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; you wouldn&amp;rsquo;t fadeinto the weaknessof my nature&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; for you--so i&amp;rsquo;ll plant these pagesin the soil&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; of the last placei held your eyes in mineand pray they beabsorbed by the light--&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; like the p..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Ashley_Pietro/1350634/</link>
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			<title>Chopin Nocturne No. 2</title>
			<description>&amp;nbsp; I&amp;rsquo;ve cried&amp;nbsp;in the nights of Neruda--because I used to follow&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;your moondancing among constellations&amp;nbsp;of corner foldsbut our dreams no longer&amp;nbsp;sleep together&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;and you&amp;rsquo;ve left meto dangle alonefrom the cruelness of the sun</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Ashley_Pietro/1350632/</link>
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			<title>Poppy Seed</title>
			<description>our minds are pretty whirlwindsbound by the stillness of sand&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; clanking andchurning&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; together--they scatter and sweep and scatter again</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Ashley_Pietro/1350631/</link>
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			<title>Tanka Pt. 14</title>
			<description>the overcast is thick&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; but we take off our clothesand seep into the splintersof the sun&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; anyways</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Ashley_Pietro/1350630/</link>
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			<title>Tanka Pt. 1</title>
			<description>your voice is likethat cup of morning coffee&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;you carry with youto the bathroom--&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;turned cold</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Ashley_Pietro/1350629/</link>
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			<title>Falling Adrift</title>
			<description>&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; dead bark&amp;nbsp;looms from frozen water&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;our hands reach&amp;nbsp;for the white branches&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;as if to breathe new life into them&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; little talks with naturea four letter word surfaces&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;n..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Ashley_Pietro/1350628/</link>
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			<title>Aubade</title>
			<description>slipping in and out of consciousness&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; our tired limbs fall into each other--&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; the world is quietas we whisper pale desires&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; but you and I are quiet, too&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; in our own wayyour d..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Ashley_Pietro/1350627/</link>
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			<title>Moonstone</title>
			<description>kneecaps unravelto the cling of blue jeanson your hips&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; waxing crescent--my teeth seep into the liningof your belt loopsand lend to their hardwoodbuckling&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; I swallow&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; the come&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; of your awakening</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Ashley_Pietro/1350626/</link>
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			<title>Mornings With Him</title>
			<description>On my waistnothing but lace&amp;nbsp; hair and face&amp;nbsp; in their natural statesBound to these sheetsour tangled feet&amp;nbsp; found underneath--&amp;nbsp; unbrushed teeth</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Ashley_Pietro/1320648/</link>
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			<title>Black&amp;White</title>
			<description>white witchbruised hips&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;burned at the stakeblack magicwaxen fabric&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;writhing on the slate</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Ashley_Pietro/1320646/</link>
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			<title>Dream catcher</title>
			<description>Buthow could I ever forgetlast night&amp;rsquo;s dream&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; of the bleeding sun&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; making her plunge&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; toward his body&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; of silkhow I watched your cerulean eyeswitness those delicate seconds&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; before her total immersion&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; into the reposed lil..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Ashley_Pietro/1320318/</link>
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			<title>Vermont</title>
			<description>ohhow glorious you lookin the valley of her embrace&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; the way she drapes&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; over the inhabiting&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; bristles of your necklineyour amber reflection&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; glisteninglike a field of diamonds--her woodland perfumeabsorbs beneath the creasesof your shouldersand flows ..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Ashley_Pietro/1320076/</link>
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			<title>untitled</title>
			<description>the kneadof your thumbclimbs my inner thighwhile you arriveat the peak of my pelviswith your other palm&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; stirring an avalanche--our chest cavitiesascend togethermy every luscious echoreverberating inside yougrows louder each time&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; your explorationcarrying my curvesto uncharte..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Ashley_Pietro/1319904/</link>
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