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		<description>The original writings of author Buttaci</description>
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			<title>GREAT EXPECTATIONS</title>
			<description>The sun came bubbling up this morninga blood-red smudge against the pale skyand it will shine until its heated course is runNight will toss a golden coin heavenwardas if the moon could buy for us a galaxyfilled with stars enough to grant our every wishBetween sun and moon creation holds its breathTh..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Marcant/574711/</link>
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			<title>One Sentence:  A FATE WORSE THAN...</title>
			<description>Reincarnated a Republican, I miss death.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Marcant/574269/</link>
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			<title>One Sentence:  RESILIENCE</title>
			<description>Broken, stomped, grounded, and still my heart beats.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Marcant/574268/</link>
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			<title>One Sentence:  TIME</title>
			<description>Time on my hands, thank God!</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Marcant/574267/</link>
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			<title>One Sentence:  LOGICAL CONCLUSION</title>
			<description>Fast food leads to slow dying.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Marcant/574266/</link>
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			<title>One Sentence: ON THE ROAD</title>
			<description>Hitchhiking wore down my two thumbs.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Marcant/574265/</link>
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			<title>One Sentence: IRONY</title>
			<description>Ironically, vacationing executives reported for work at the Twin Towers.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Marcant/574264/</link>
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			<title>One Sentence:  A KISS</title>
			<description>When the princess kissed the frog, she too became one.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Marcant/574263/</link>
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			<title>POET'S CHOICE</title>
			<description>I could use this pen as a weaponsharpen the nib like the edge of a bladeand swing it blindly, menacingly,until my enemies lie dead in a pool of blueI could use this pen as a dowsing deviceto find beneath the rubble of life's blundersa spring of water, new hope for thosedragging themselves towards fa..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Marcant/573955/</link>
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			<title>A WISH</title>
			<description>we made a nighttime wishthat love would last foreverbut there's a good chancethe star we wished onno longer took its place up thereit might have disappearedcountless light-years agoand our two voiceswhispering &quot;Love Forever!&quot;still ride the August wind&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/Marcant/571324/</link>
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			<title>THE SOUL'S QUEST FOR ATTENTION</title>
			<description>how wise I think I amwhen I pretend the inner sounds I hearreflect hunger or discomfortinstead of being my soulsworn to secrecyrustling its beingflexing its invisible selfto gain the attentionof this physical shelleating up the worldfilling himself with emptinessthinking so foolishlythere's ..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Marcant/568986/</link>
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			<title>IF WE KNEW HOW MANY BREATHS</title>
			<description>if we knew how many breathswe had in this fragile life of ourswe might apportion them wiselya certain number to satisfya particular need or wishwe would not dare waste themon hurting others or ourselvesnor would we be surprisedwhen that last breath eeks outon the wings of sad regret</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Marcant/568416/</link>
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			<title>YOU FED ME POEMS</title>
			<description>at death's door you fed me teaspoons of poetryupon which I nibbledwith a pale dry mouth believing if anythingcould save me from walking throughthe separating doorit would be the musicof a dancing poemcalling me to the banquetof rhythm and rhyme</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Marcant/568122/</link>
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			<title>GRUDGES</title>
			<description>let's throw away the grudges we saveempty the contents of the boxinto a fast-moving riverwhere so much dead driftwood not worth holding on tocan float from now till doomsday</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Marcant/568121/</link>
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			<title>Haiku:  GOD'S KINDNESS</title>
			<description>when the red robinbobs its head at the puddleGod shows His kindness</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Marcant/568120/</link>
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			<title>BECOME ONE WITH NATURE</title>
			<description>sometimes I wish I could break myself downinto so many microscopic moleculesand ride the wind or nestle with snowflakesor refresh myself in the teeming rainor slide down the soft petals of daffodilsI know it's a silly dream to thinkI could divest myself of this human bodywasting away with the passin..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Marcant/568119/</link>
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			<title>Haiku: LIFE</title>
			<description>life's a bird's eye view--most of what we see is gonebefore we know it</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Marcant/567756/</link>
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			<title>SHOULD POEMS BE WEAPONS?</title>
			<description>should poems have sharp pointslike spears or knivesso poets can arm themselvesagainst adversities?there is power in the wordsthat stalk across the linesthose dark-caped cadencesthose verses in disguisehowling about love and lifelamenting sorrowsthat leak from racing pensas if once written once down ..</description>
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