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			<title>How to Be Eaten by Worms (Haiku)</title>
			<description>Wretched teeth caress-Summer sun through tunnel lightDirt shifts coarse in timeNote: inspired by Michael Johnson&amp;rsquo;s poem-How to be Eaten by a Lion. </description>
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			<title>How to Be Eaten by Lions (Haiku)</title>
			<description>Crimson teeth comfort-Dim stars bleed into spring rainStreams fray coarse with timeNote: inspired by Michael Johnson&amp;rsquo;s poem-How to be Eaten by a Lion. </description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Nothingmuch/2896605/</link>
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			<title>Animal Suffering (Haiku)</title>
			<description>Love explains virtueStream swift, duckling paddling&amp;#2013266048;&quot;New leaves shotguns rise</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Nothingmuch/2896604/</link>
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			<title>Eight Billion vs Quadrillions (Haiku)</title>
			<description>Jet fuel stratus drift Venomous drops fall doves cooInsects-hobble through </description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Nothingmuch/2896602/</link>
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			<title>Decay (Haiku)</title>
			<description>Crumbling old pineTattered bark patches flutter-Woodpecker tap light</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Nothingmuch/2896600/</link>
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			<title>Plato&amp;rsquo;s cave (Haiku)</title>
			<description>Shadows dance on walls,Golden grains drift in the stream,Sun fixed in dark skies.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Nothingmuch/2896001/</link>
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			<title>Ember Eyes (Haiku)</title>
			<description>Fallen leaves, vultures,Twilight mist in hues of dusk,Ghostly wings aflame.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Nothingmuch/2895955/</link>
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			<title>Spellbound Kitchen (Haiku)</title>
			<description>Cauldrons bubble high,Sage, quartz, salt blend in spring mist,Purify your soul.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Nothingmuch/2895952/</link>
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			<title>Obsidian Night (Haiku)</title>
			<description>Night&amp;rsquo;s abyss, black fireObsidian scales shimmerRavens break the light</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Nothingmuch/2895951/</link>
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			<title>Red Sun (Haiku)</title>
			<description>Summer grass, brittleAuburn tinder sways, heatedButterflies delay</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Nothingmuch/2895949/</link>
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			<title>Idolatry </title>
			<description>As I reflection the ego of men,I&amp;rsquo;m constantly reminded, of a slightlyChauvinistic God. Isn&amp;rsquo;t that odd?</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Nothingmuch/2894311/</link>
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			<title>Van!ty</title>
			<description>Oh, this vain embrace,Summoning specters in the void of grace.Mingling reality,Personifying persecution and hate.Hovering over an obscene stage,Guiding regurgitation into my vein.Each facet brings poignant pain,A tear to my cheek, a torrential creek.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Nothingmuch/2894310/</link>
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			<title>A Christian Nation</title>
			<description>See; republicans are constitutionalists. They just misplaced their(not and no)&amp;ldquo;Congress shall ( ) make law&amp;rsquo;s respecting an establishment of religion.&amp;rdquo;&amp;ldquo;&amp;hellip;prohibiting the free exercise thereof.&amp;rdquo;&amp;ldquo;( )Religious test shall be required As a qualif..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Nothingmuch/2894228/</link>
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			<title>The Noble Art of Sharpie-Wielding Patriots</title>
			<description>Dr. Martin Luther King,Deeply questionedThe morals of moderatesThat valued order over justice.Let us count our blessingsPaul Revere didn&amp;rsquo;t dismount Brown BeautyTo protest the BritishPeacfullyWith cardboard and Sharpie.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Nothingmuch/2894226/</link>
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			<title>The Green Witch</title>
			<description>She scares the hell out of me,Keeps me on my toes, you see.Sowing seeds with dreams of trees,Creating gentle clouds and breeze.She weaves it in the starsFor free.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Nothingmuch/2894126/</link>
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			<title>Dear Kellogg,</title>
			<description>Admire your products immensely,Truly, I do,Yet, the cost of milk is exorbitant,Your cereal, though delightful, is too jagged,Leaving my palate in disarray.I&amp;rsquo;m compelled to take legal action.P.S. Please continue your commendable efforts.Warm regards,</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Nothingmuch/2894125/</link>
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			<title>Bob Dylan </title>
			<description>A musical philosopher. With a plethora of wisdom. Naturally many can&amp;rsquo;t stand his voice</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Nothingmuch/2894107/</link>
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			<title>Inquisition </title>
			<description>Iv&amp;rsquo;e no cross to bear or wine to share Unhinged you tear, cast me in your gaze. Fleeing sun hung low, your eternal dayStill you plead with me, Dismay?</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Nothingmuch/2894015/</link>
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			<title>Legal Footing</title>
			<description>Fire ants live in my shoe.I&amp;rsquo;m perturbed; don&amp;rsquo;t know what to do.Ive attempted reasoning,Confronted a few of their rank.Into my garment-less appendage,Rude, venomous little stingers sank.It&amp;rsquo;s really sore, red with a bit of blue.I think I may sue.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Nothingmuch/2894011/</link>
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			<title>Through the Shakes</title>
			<description>Arcane this thought-you fell from a wagon,Imagine a runaway train,A raging dragon, Serpentine.A thousand miles away, I discern,Smoke,tinfoil crackling, burn. Tan-yellow lines progress in turn. ConcernHaze-heavy sky, home, family, love-deprived.Veil of deceit, unwell, unalive...</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Nothingmuch/2894005/</link>
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			<title>My Dear Watson</title>
			<description>It&amp;rsquo;s really quite elementary:The reason you are you, I am me.7 million me&amp;rsquo;s would beAnarchy.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Nothingmuch/2893972/</link>
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			<title>SCBA</title>
			<description>&amp;ldquo;Self-contained Breathing Apparatus&amp;rdquo;Structure pants, structure jacket,SCBA tank, hotel hose pack.Thick fire shroud over your head,SCBA mask, helmet, then gloves.To turn your air on,Push the knob behind you, by your butt.Lefty loose is air flowing.Connect your hose t..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Nothingmuch/2893970/</link>
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			<title>Lost Wonder</title>
			<description>I like caterpillars,But honestly,They&amp;rsquo;re creepy little serpents, With legs,Promising transformation. Butterflies?  Don&amp;rsquo;t even get me started.Gilded ghosts flutter by,Empty of the magic once promised. </description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Nothingmuch/2893888/</link>
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			<title>Vote for Pedro </title>
			<description>President Dwayne Elizondo  Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho Trump,Traveled to the past,Promising to take us into the future,But he freely admits our great-great,Great-great-great-great grandchildren,Forgot the recipe for cheese,Social equalities.Use your brain, Please.Vote for Pedr..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Nothingmuch/2893878/</link>
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			<title>Inquisition </title>
			<description>How do I hate those that hateSans a soul irate?Moreover, How do I love those that hateSans a heart sedate?</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Nothingmuch/2893794/</link>
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			<title>Inquisition </title>
			<description>My heart falters between divided line,A brittle, fragile pane that shields my mind.Frost on the grass, clouds drift by-Is it all a lie?</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Nothingmuch/2893792/</link>
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			<title>Make America Great Again</title>
			<description>Great again,Again, and again, and again.The future: a vast past, pretense,Confusion. Let&amp;rsquo;s swing at a fence.Great again.Maybe you mean the day y&amp;rsquo;all shouted,&amp;ldquo;Hang Mike Pence,&amp;rdquo; incited a coup, chanting &amp;ldquo;1775.&amp;rdquo;Great again.The day my daughter re..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Nothingmuch/2893768/</link>
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			<title>Reflections</title>
			<description>Shifting skin upon visage, disguise,Masking not the mirrored reflection inside,Eyes, those eyes, cold whisper demise;They grovel and plead, begging to set me free.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Nothingmuch/2893684/</link>
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			<title>The Long Dark </title>
			<description>A lone Canadian flag, frozen, tattered, brittle.Icicles imprison cabin remains.Wolves; guard  the collapse, patrolling desolate plains.Bootprints in virgin snow;rosy cheeks swaddled in deteriorating cloth long torn,menacing, grizzly pelt, battle-worn.The sun fades grey.Winds scream and t..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Nothingmuch/2893673/</link>
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			<title>Reflections </title>
			<description>Morsels beside a cauldron grand,Stand up, youngling.No, sir, sit down on the minute hand.A river drifts, a sea, identity.Seconds conjure ravenous beast, unknown enemy.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Nothingmuch/2893664/</link>
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			<title>Reflections</title>
			<description>In mirrors I dwell,Unseen,Lean, mean, and full ofGlass cleaner.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Nothingmuch/2893656/</link>
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			<title>Reflections </title>
			<description>Old crosses aflame again;Wash these wretched hands of them.Fingers dripping rainbows of sin. Prismatic identity stretched thin.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Nothingmuch/2893650/</link>
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			<title>Clouded Clarity </title>
			<description>As a bird, I flew west.West, I flew.My feathers frayed slowly; gasping, grew.I came to a cloud I could not place.Place I never knew.My head rattled; confusion and panic did ensue.Unsure of gravity, I fall in space.Space to render me black and blue.As a bird, I flew east...</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Nothingmuch/2893639/</link>
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			<title>Reflections </title>
			<description>I don&amp;rsquo;t like mayo, onion, pickle,Tomato, romaine, burger, or the bun.But you sure seem to quote the sun.Should I conform and serve you one?</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Nothingmuch/2893635/</link>
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			<title>Reflections</title>
			<description>Blindly cut to scene,Evolution seeing and seen.Contemplate: is that you, am I me?Watercolor so this image may slowly flee.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Nothingmuch/2893634/</link>
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			<title>Reflections </title>
			<description>Pomp to find a device,Posture a form in sacrifice.Praise me so I may bend a knee,A fool so I may find me.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Nothingmuch/2893628/</link>
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			<title>Reflections </title>
			<description>What a price to pay,Life in different shades of grey.Opposition a swelling tide,Every grain of sand shifted, a bit of pride.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Nothingmuch/2893619/</link>
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			<title>The Long Dark</title>
			<description> A lone Canadian flag hangs frozen, tattered, and brittle.  Icicles plummet from eaves to terra, partially imprisoning the few remaining little cabins amid the heavily weathered, burnt husks of many fallen. Wolves pick through desolate remains, nose to wind for scent of gore and blood; guard..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Nothingmuch/2893395/</link>
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			<title>Centrism&amp;rsquo;s Silent Consent </title>
			<description>Right, left, center, indifference. A healthy planet, hands held outward to those in need. Theocracy, secular, moderate, passivity. Torches in the night, through doors to burn civil liberties on the witches pole.Wealth, health, choice, neglect. Marginalized America, trapped behind a bar..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Nothingmuch/2893388/</link>
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			<title>Commoner</title>
			<description>Chain not so unlike euphoric pill, fervent spirit, acrid smoke, holy effigy, opulent magnates or alloy cuff. Status symbol of the fallen middle,lower.Lower, lower, fall upon cadaver-strewn bedrock.Bland skull fragments, prismatic mosaic-strewn fabric.Commonality, finality.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Nothingmuch/2893311/</link>
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			<title>Thieves of Pain and Beauty</title>
			<description>Ravens abscond with thorns from the rose garden.They loiter, heckling a monotony of famished passerby.Courteous bystander pause.With ritualistic precision, long stem succumb laceration.Fair blossom clutter underfoot, beaten and bruised,Stems consumed in a beastly manner.Ravens abscond ..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Nothingmuch/2893292/</link>
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			<title>Cardboard Dreams</title>
			<description>Wisdom,A blade that cuts deeply.Bleeding hearts, empty pockets, outstretched hands, bloodshot eyes, grass beds, cardboard poetry.Please help.Veterans, mothers,Brothers, lovers, haters, dreamers,Nightmares, ecstasy, addiction, repentance,Eyes, ears, feet, hands, voices,Whi..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Nothingmuch/2893201/</link>
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			<title>Scars of Love and Empathy </title>
			<description>Soon I&amp;rsquo;ll start loving right.I&amp;rsquo;ll figure out your emotion game, feel less empathy, and this pain thing will scar over.You never said so strictly, but often implied:It&amp;rsquo;s wrought in the embrace of suffering, fertilized in the scum of our societal shortcomings, sprayed by ever..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Nothingmuch/2893138/</link>
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			<title>Alan Watts</title>
			<description>Stole a nation&amp;rsquo;s souls,stole our hearts and minds,to seek the Buddha within,and find favor in repose.Eastern skies illuminate a new pilgrimage,a new philosophy to a righteous path.Losing godSomewhere back in the madness Once perceived as reality.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Nothingmuch/2892738/</link>
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			<title>Forging Ideals In Shadows</title>
			<description>Eyes entranced by monsters,Obscured by shadows, themselves unseen.Mouths opening to conservative harbors,Chartering vessels to the holy battle,In the depths of the sea.Hearts forging through the trappings of Socialism and Communism,Bleeding red, white, and blueTo Green and Gold.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Nothingmuch/2892693/</link>
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			<title>It&amp;rsquo;s Only Logical</title>
			<description>Judge, lest ye be found Unjust. </description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Nothingmuch/2892635/</link>
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			<title>Others </title>
			<description>Your flock stampedes from your pasture, Father,Brother, sister,Mother.I see trees felled by an oppressed, gusting forceInto this iron, twisting, barbed ideology.Compassion for one.The river crests, your perpetual defenders,Old growth postsVisibly marked by the sadistic stains..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Nothingmuch/2892624/</link>
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			<title>Carrion</title>
			<description>See the youth,Squirming and writhing,Fleeing a relentless sun, directionless.Wolves of righteousness,Patriarchs of capital,Lap at their receding puddle,Bounding desperately upon souls long rattled.Damp earth dries, cracks,Again finding imbalanceIn its eternal flux.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Nothingmuch/2892534/</link>
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