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		<description>The original writings of author trista broome</description>
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			<title>S****y Spoken Word</title>
			<description>Okay, so, shaving is such a workout.Like, when I say I'm too fat to reach the bottom of the well,I'm talking about the ones boys shoot babies down.I'm talking about my temple of love,My womanly figuresque --It's supposed to have hair on it you f*****g idiot!I'm pretty sure being shaved wasn't its pu..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/stingrayoverlord/1665108/</link>
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			<title>TANKA #2</title>
			<description>A prism stands tallAt the edge of the desert,Casting dark shadows.A diabolical planTo hinder the golden sun.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/stingrayoverlord/1665107/</link>
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			<title>HAIKU #1</title>
			<description>A boot could withstandMore than your entire lifeWould ever need it to.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/stingrayoverlord/1665105/</link>
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			<title>THE SONNET - REMADE</title>
			<description>Hands cut up and bruised, you return to me,I embrace you. Gun shots in the cityEcho effortlessly between buildingsClinging to your shirt, I plead, &quot;Don't leave me.&quot;Fading in and out, I can't keep you.Life was never meant to be held onto.No matter everything that we'd been through,The Reaper will alw..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/stingrayoverlord/1665103/</link>
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			<title>EROTICA</title>
			<description>My bones tremble eratically&amp;nbsp;as he touches me erotically,I shed my insecurities on his bedroom floor.As his crumpled lips	trail down my neckline		I remember I do not love him,I close myself up once more.My imaginary caccoon blocks out my encounters with strange menwho enjoy thrusting their erect..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/stingrayoverlord/1665101/</link>
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			<title>MOTHER</title>
			<description>Like a trainWreck you crash down&amp;nbsp;Violent insaneCan't hold you up nowDeadlift and weightless.Altered in greatnessA masterpiece shaded inShameless,You aren't coming back are you?Because drugs though so lightCan make a heart heavy&amp;nbsp;I used to adore you.The love in my heart hinders my bonesI tre..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/stingrayoverlord/1665100/</link>
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			<title>IMMORTALITY</title>
			<description>As the current catches the limbs,	They shake.		The cranberry-tinted leaves,			They break,				And fall					To their knees,							Before the Divine,							The Trees.										Mother Nature always rises again,			As soon as the winter ends,	She blooms more beautiful than ever.And just as she does,	Her f..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/stingrayoverlord/1665099/</link>
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			<title>Moving On</title>
			<description>I find myself drinking to feel numb becausefeeling the absence of feelingis better than feeling nothing at all,right?So these drunken words are my sober thoughtsand this, my dear, is my final depart.I tried so hard not to run away,&amp;nbsp;but I knew from the beginning that I would never stay.For two a..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/stingrayoverlord/1593157/</link>
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			<title>Santa Barbara</title>
			<description>Lay down your weapon young Shango,Your white dress impureStained with blood-soaked royalty draping over pale shouldersAs if covering them could somehow replenish misconceived innocence.The seams at your neckline torn scarlet,Scarred with the reminder that your father decollated you,Leaving your head..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/stingrayoverlord/1433741/</link>
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			<title>Frozen</title>
			<description>A pantoum poem.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/stingrayoverlord/1433736/</link>
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			<title>Tanka #1</title>
			<description>The sunset like wine,Or sangria at its worst.I am drunk off skiesDoused in Merlot and Chablis,Zinfandel blends at the sea.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/stingrayoverlord/1433733/</link>
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			<title>Disorder</title>
			<description>This is a sestina. </description>
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