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			<title>Bleeding Out</title>
			<description>The bath salts caused the fresh engravings on her wrist to start burning again, like how embers in a log continue to smolder after the fire has been extinguished.Her eyelids slipped down, the blinds cutting off her vision. Chemical-slicked skin slid down the bathtub wall until all but her nose was s..</description>
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			<title>Under The Influence (poem)</title>
			<description>A glass of wine could clear my mind,but a bottle could make me forget completely.Let&amp;rsquo;s toast tonight,to a better life,one where you&amp;rsquo;re still my other side.And as the night blurs,forget our drunken slurs,confessions of love that don&amp;rsquo;t mean a thing.And darling, I&amp;rsquo;m under your i..</description>
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			<title>CHAPTER TWO</title>
			<description>Unable to sleep, Anna decides to get a better feel for her new home.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Mazdaarito/937023/</link>
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			<title>Beneath the Gavel (poem)</title>
			<description>A single layer of skin, so easily slit,and in these treacherous hands, I held your sin.When you said that you were giving me your love, I was stupid enough to believe it.Put my heart beneath of the gavel-This wasn&amp;rsquo;t a fair trial.As I speak the truth, please excuse the blood running from my lip..</description>
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			<title>WIP: INEVITABILITY</title>
			<description>Riley separates herself from her friends in an attempt to protect them. She patiently waits for Sebastian to find her in a motel in order to face the inevitable. </description>
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			<title>WIP: SURVIVAL</title>
			<description>Riley decides that it's time that she puts her feelings of affection aside and has one final confrontation with Sebastian.</description>
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			<title>WIP: &amp;ldquo;So, you&amp;rsquo;re a vampire.&quot;</title>
			<description>Riley finally learns Sebastian's secret: he's a vampire. 
This is their follow-up conversation at her house. (And yes, he had already been invited in wayyy prior to this.)</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Mazdaarito/887309/</link>
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			<title>CHAPTER FOUR: PERSUASION </title>
			<description>The next day I barely had enough energy to drag my feet through the hallways at school. I regretted staying up all night, but the gruesome events beforehand had made sleep basically impossible. &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Chief Edwards had taken blood samples from my clothes for testing and said they&amp;rsquo;d..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Mazdaarito/887228/</link>
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			<title>CHAPTER FIVE: MISTAKES</title>
			<description>&amp;ldquo;He talked your way out of suspension? That is so sweet!&amp;rdquo; Lexi cooed over lunch. She seemed to be the only person at our table interested in my story. With Sebastian being the main character, that wasn&amp;rsquo;t surprising. &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;I spun my unopened bag of Ding Dong&amp;rsquo;s on ..</description>
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			<title>CHAPTER THREE: SEEING RED</title>
			<description>Blue and red lights alternated through the large tinted windows of Baxter&amp;rsquo;s Diner. They reflected off of the many children&amp;rsquo;s minor league trophies and the wooden framed photographs that adored the maroon walls, like an unwanted strobe light. &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;They flickered through my e..</description>
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			<title>DISCLAIMER!</title>
			<description>To avoid confusion, I want to let everyone know that The Nostrums For Love isn't my top priority right now. Though I love writing the story, I'm working on another piece at the moment, so if I write anything regarding TNFL, it's just fluff pieces (I apologize in advance for spoilers.) I do want to p..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Mazdaarito/887198/</link>
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			<title>CHAPTER ONE: BAD APPLES</title>
			<description>Harold Wyatt drummed his thick fingers impatiently on the top of his mahogany desk, eyeing me with mild intolerance. &amp;ldquo;Another facial piercing, Miss Baxter?&amp;rdquo; he asked, stopping to fold his weathered hands between a cup of pens and a large stack of manila folders. The top one had my name s..</description>
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			<title>The Nostrums For Love</title>
			<description>When teenagers begin to disappear in her town, Riley suspects the most recent occupants, the Kline brothers. As more to the story starts to unfold, she learns things that will change her forever.</description>
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			<title>Restless (lyrics)</title>
			<description>Tonight I lay my weary head to rest,six feet under in my Sunday&amp;rsquo;s best.I can still sense you here;fresh dirt and daisies in the air,another dream entirely.So for now, I&amp;rsquo;ll be restless.So for now, I&amp;rsquo;ll be restless.So for now, I&amp;rsquo;ll be restless.So for now, I&amp;rsquo;ll be restless..</description>
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			<title>I'm Not Who You Thought I Was (lyrics)</title>
			<description>I&amp;rsquo;ll never tell you how much I cried that night, or how far I walked until my legs buckled and collapsed.In the middle of the street I had fallen on my knees, I had cursed your name with every miserable, shaking breath.Eventually you&amp;rsquo;re going to forget me, so I&amp;rsquo;m one step ahead of ..</description>
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			<title>I Wish (lyrics)</title>
			<description>I wish that I couldn&amp;rsquo;t remember the feel of your hands;the pressure of ten skeletal digits interlocked with mine.Time was supposed to heal these wounds,erase the memory of your betrayal,but it only hardens and pulls me deeper into the waters off the shore in my mind.This Nostalgia will be the ..</description>
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			<title>The Keeper (poem)</title>
			<description>I&amp;rsquo;ve put too many flowers at the bases of too many headstones.All the names and dates have began to blendof all the people I never had the chance to tell goodbye.Someone wise once told me to beware the living,for they rarely know that they are alive,until they understand the true meaning of pa..</description>
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			<title>Personal Pestilence (lyrics)</title>
			<description>My feelings are obscured,and it kills me to know how much the tables have turned.I don&amp;rsquo;t expect you to understand,until you&amp;rsquo;ve personally suffocated from the dark.I&amp;rsquo;ve turned into everything I&amp;rsquo;ve ever hated.A mirror of he who hath betrayed me.I can&amp;rsquo;t believe that I&amp;rsqu..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Mazdaarito/887180/</link>
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			<title>CHAPTER ONE</title>
			<description>Moving from Illinois to Maine is going to be more difficult than Anna expected.</description>
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			<title>PROLOGUE</title>
			<description>Anna placed the tips of her fingers against the frosted glass of one of the larger sixth story windows that overlooked downtown Chicago.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Though the hospital was mildly cold, she was feeling extremely over-heated. She leaned forward and rested her forehead against the glass, keeping..</description>
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			<title>Imperfect specimen (poem)</title>
			<description>So I&amp;rsquo;ll dance to you like a moth does to a flame,you keep burning off my wings,and leave me barely crawling away&amp;hellip;Burning up, crashing down,even when you tried to catch me, I fell right through the net,which I wasn&amp;rsquo;t sure was even meant to catch as much as captivate. I&amp;rsquo;m an i..</description>
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			<title>Fever (poem)</title>
			<description>This loneliness claims me, and what often shames me.So I&amp;rsquo;ll drudge across the desert, searching for a beating heart.Lover, can you hear me coming? When will I be able to fall into your open arms?I&amp;rsquo;ve stumbled upon mirages that were only cacti, that pierced me with their thorns.I should h..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Mazdaarito/742301/</link>
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			<title>Whisper (poem)</title>
			<description>Sunset falls upon the quiet town, and whispers follow in its wake.Board the windows and lock the doors;no one will sleep tonight.Ignore the howls, ignore the screams,fall victim, but only to dreams.But if you dare to go outside, make sure to whisper your goodbyes. </description>
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			<title>Stardust (lyrics)</title>
			<description>Lyrics for the acoustic/indie band I'm working on, She Hates The Bird.</description>
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			<title>Over (lyrics)</title>
			<description>Lyrics for the acoustic/indie band I'm working on, She Hates The Bird</description>
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			<title>Find me (poem)</title>
			<description>When will I learn my lesson?How much more can my heart take before it stops hurting?I can't bury my past as well as I did the knives that were stuck in my back;I need to stop giving people second chances.Maybe someday this wishbone will break and a backbone will grow new and sturdy in its place, it ..</description>
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			<title>Don't tell me (lyrics)</title>
			<description>Lyrics for the acoustic/indie band I'm working on, She Hates The Bird.</description>
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			<title>Lay me (to rest) (lyrics)</title>
			<description>I stumble, stumble upon you with bleeding arms,laughing hysterically as you keep pouring salt into the open wounds.These gashes were made to rid me of you, intentional scars to remind me of you.I&amp;rsquo;ll keep ripping out the stitches that are meant to heal,I don&amp;rsquo;t want to, because I want to l..</description>
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			<title>Attempt at abstract I</title>
			<description>Inspired by Levi the Poet.</description>
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			<title>Part I: Azure</title>
			<description>The sinister Yaziel sends his slave, a young peasant girl named Dessa, to retrieve the Essence of Good from the fallen angel Azure.</description>
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			<title>Memento Mori</title>
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			<title>This Kingdom By The Sea</title>
			<description>After her mother passes away from cancer, Anna is forced to move to Maine to live with her estranged father. She learns nothing is what it seems, and the line between good and evil is very thin. </description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Mazdaarito/737730/</link>
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			<title>Can't Say No (lyrics)</title>
			<description>Lyrics for the acoustic/indie band I'm working on, She Hates The Bird.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Mazdaarito/737726/</link>
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			<title>I'm not who you thought I was (lyrics)</title>
			<description>Lyrics for the acoustic/indie band I'm working on, She Hates The Bird.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Mazdaarito/737723/</link>
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			<title>Hello, writerscafe. I'm back.</title>
			<description>A few months ago, in an insane attempt of cleansing my online social life, I deleted a majority of my Interweb accounts- this being one- and only kept websites I used daily. Because I miss the constructive feedback, I've decided to start posting on here again. I hope to hear from everyone soon. :)Si..</description>
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