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			<title>Through the eyes of a Child</title>
			<description>Why you do stare with prideWhen I accomplish the simplest taskIt amazing how you hand me thingsBefore I even askWhen I fall or get a bumpYou there to wipe away the tearsWhen scary things awake me a nightYou curl up next to me comforting my fearsNo matter how silly you lookYou a..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Francis2015/1665557/</link>
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			<title>Pantomime </title>
			<description>100 word Drabble </description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Francis2015/1664525/</link>
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			<title>Endurance </title>
			<description>Not sure whether to laugh or cryThe cloudy vision of my mind's eyeMy head filled with word upon wordYet, utter speechlessness has occurredIt's as if I had over drank an elixirMy scrambled mind sets my heart a quiverForced to over take my fearsAll while choking back the tearsAs I dawn..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Francis2015/1661640/</link>
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			<title>~Mi Girasol~</title>
			<description>To love a flowerNurture itWatch it bloomWith great admirationEven AfterA Storm She's leftBarely standingHer beauty shows</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Francis2015/1659596/</link>
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			<title>Summer's End</title>
			<description>100 word Drabble </description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Francis2015/1658343/</link>
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			<title>When I Dream...</title>
			<description>When I dreamThe moment where darkness overtakes me and slowly pushed me into slumber where I fall into your waiting armsThe moments my eye slowly close and I see your image etched in my dreams, as if you were realThe moment when sleep and wake become so clouded that everything and anythi..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Francis2015/1655564/</link>
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			<title>The Nuisance </title>
			<description>100 word Drabble </description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Francis2015/1654462/</link>
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			<title>Escaping </title>
			<description>Head in the cloudsMy mindIs somewhere elseTodayLost in a DaydreamIn the warmBreathtaking sunWith youAway fromThe cold graspOf the autumn</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Francis2015/1650854/</link>
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			<title>Perfect Day</title>
			<description>100 word Drabble </description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Francis2015/1649487/</link>
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			<title>Dependent Variable </title>
			<description>Turned off to his world, his mind becomes stuck in between the place he lived and the fantasy one he created.  The rapid palpitations of his heart's emotional song signify his indifference.  Remembering the promises he made to himself, he wouldn't bow or break this time.  Yet, there he was on the cu..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Francis2015/1649131/</link>
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			<title>Whole</title>
			<description>I'm not broken anymoreI'm the person I can beYou make sense of what was broke beforeYou're my completeWith you I'm not broken anymore</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Francis2015/1648644/</link>
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			<title>Manifest</title>
			<description>Hand's tremorsTwists and turnsOf my quillCame poetic verseScrawled outThrough mySubconscious selfBoth unfiltered and rawInk as my life bloodNow covers the pageExposing myselfWith my own words</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Francis2015/1648214/</link>
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			<title>Awaking</title>
			<description>Sleep dust my eyesStill night skiesI come to youMy dark sweetnessSuccumbing to yourAromatic fragranceArousing my sensesAwakening me toStart a new day;Good Morning</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Francis2015/1645850/</link>
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			<title>Urges</title>
			<description>It starts as a simple itch. I try to ignore it. Its just in my way, and I don't have time. Yet, no matter how I try, it pesters me. I feel it growing inside me. It consumes my thoughts, even when I able to dodge it, it finds me, and lures me in deeper than before. It refuses to give in, it goes from..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Francis2015/1645571/</link>
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			<title>Tapestry </title>
			<description>A Snow White Canvas of skinPure as the virgin snowUnscathed by sinShe presents herself to himHis ties don't restrain herThey hold her togetherShe finds comfort In those bindsSuccumbing to his desires Dark and deep his tools seem primalyet like with his artistryCreates s..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Francis2015/1645200/</link>
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			<title>The Hang Up</title>
			<description>100 Word Drabble </description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Francis2015/1644285/</link>
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			<title>Nourish </title>
			<description>Your luscious words~feed my heart ~soothe my soul~free my mindThey're the sustenanceFor my survival</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Francis2015/1643732/</link>
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			<title>Trick or Treat</title>
			<description>100 word Drabble </description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Francis2015/1643311/</link>
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			<title>Deity</title>
			<description>100 word drabble</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Francis2015/1643309/</link>
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			<title>Binding</title>
			<description>Inner peacePieces of youParts of meFractions of usSections of realitySelections of dreamsUnites our souls</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Francis2015/1643006/</link>
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			<title>Parallel Lines</title>
			<description>Haiku </description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Francis2015/1642557/</link>
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			<title>Tranquility </title>
			<description>100 word drabble</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Francis2015/1642457/</link>
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			<title>A Rose By Any Other Name</title>
			<description>My roseMy thorny passionGuarded and protectedHolding you is worth the pain</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Francis2015/1642128/</link>
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			<title>White Picket Fences</title>
			<description>Inner city kidBusy streetHighway rumblesGravel yardBroken sidewalksStreetlights humDrunken fodderFrom the corner barChain linksSeparates neighborsGrows up to findQuiet surroundingsScenic views ofNatures colorWhite pickets fencesThat still divideHe misses the noi..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Francis2015/1641725/</link>
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			<title>The Hunted</title>
			<description>100 word Drabble</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Francis2015/1641183/</link>
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			<title>Sunrise</title>
			<description>New dayStill theMoonlit skyServes asA faintReminderThat mySun hasn'tRisen untilYou openThoseSmiling eyesLetting meSee myselfIn you&amp;#10084;&amp;#65039;</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Francis2015/1641087/</link>
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			<title>Shadows</title>
			<description>IntrovertedExtrovertedTruth and liesHide behindMy eyesScared to lookPast the surfaceAfraid of whatYou would seeIf you sawThe real me</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Francis2015/1640646/</link>
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			<title>Wildflower</title>
			<description>Upon the treesIn a fallow fieldYields a beautyThat exists asNature intendedAn UndisturbedRadianceStanding tallIn the morning sun</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Francis2015/1640579/</link>
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			<title>Trust</title>
			<description>Have you ever closed your eyesAnd just trusted?Stared at fearAnd said I don't care?Walked the edgeAnd tried to fly?Take my handJump with meLet your fearMelt away andThe world we knowDissappear</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Francis2015/1640116/</link>
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			<title>The Receiver</title>
			<description>100 word story</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Francis2015/1640068/</link>
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			<title>At Night We Meet</title>
			<description>Dreamt of paradiseA paradox that felt realWe shed tears of joy finallyBreaking through To a realm that onlyReveals itself to aChosen fewSouls like oursThat EclipseTime and spaceExisting beyond this lifeKnowing no earthly boundsAllowing You and ITo Embrace In the heavens..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Francis2015/1640030/</link>
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			<title>Conception </title>
			<description>My words impaled her very coreWith them we conceivedShe's been impregnatedNow she carries my loveForever we areTwo souls intertwined</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Francis2015/1639940/</link>
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			<title>#BeYourself</title>
			<description>You thinkThe danger of living a lieIs that you'll get caughtBut the true perilIs you may lose yourselfSomewhere in between </description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Francis2015/1639738/</link>
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			<title>Radiant </title>
			<description>Her beauty stands aloneIn bloomI stop and stareI Want to Take her all inAs she brightensAny roomI'm entrancedWith the wayShe glowsA moreExquisite flowerMy eyes willNever know </description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Francis2015/1639678/</link>
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			<title>Don't Go</title>
			<description>Jealous to beThe hand you holdEmbracing it lovinglyGripping it protectivelyAfraid of ever being apartSo, stay with meDon't let my hand goBecause there's nothing left at allBut Us, Just Us</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Francis2015/1639608/</link>
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			<title>When the Ink Runs Dry</title>
			<description>100 word story </description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Francis2015/1639396/</link>
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			<title>Jack &amp; Diane</title>
			<description>100 word drabble</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Francis2015/1638995/</link>
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			<title>Lighting Strikes </title>
			<description>Ode to Seinfeld </description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Francis2015/1638788/</link>
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			<title>A Candlelight Dinner</title>
			<description>100 word story</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Francis2015/1638750/</link>
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			<title>Grammatically Speaking </title>
			<description>&quot;Hear, here&quot; the professor boomed in disbelief, wondering wear respect for grammar went.He was at a lost for. (you know what he meant)&quot;There, their, they're&quot; his wife tried to console him, She said &quot;OMG!&quot;&quot;The English language isn't what it used to be!&quot;With that he burst into tears, &quot;..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Francis2015/1638337/</link>
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			<title>Dissolution </title>
			<description>100 word story</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Francis2015/1638331/</link>
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			<title>Shelter</title>
			<description>I want youStripped bareReal and rawImperfections and scarsNo need to fearNothing to hideLet your soul Be exposedWith me You're safe</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Francis2015/1638217/</link>
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			<title>Muse</title>
			<description>100 word story</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Francis2015/1638174/</link>
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			<title>Marital (Un)Bliss</title>
			<description>My war The battle between light and dark continues on good and evil become harder And harder To identify The lines have Been drawn Yet the continue To move Ultimatums harshly extended only left to be decided by my lost spirit It's so hard to breath don't know what t..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Francis2015/1638170/</link>
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			<title>She Comes to Me</title>
			<description>100 word story</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Francis2015/1637506/</link>
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			<title>Writer's Block</title>
			<description>100 word story</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Francis2015/1637505/</link>
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			<title>Intensity</title>
			<description>Lips passionately embracedTwo souls together as oneBecome blended on your paletteTo create one vibrant color of love</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Francis2015/1637406/</link>
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			<title>The Fireplace</title>
			<description>FlashFiction</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Francis2015/1637265/</link>
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			<title>Empty Vase</title>
			<description>Empty and Alone I sitYet to see meYou admire my craftSturdy and strongto support itsFuture residentMy humble colorAppeals to the eyeIt warms the heartYou see me as an amphoraBut you refuseTo fill me with What I long forA bouquet of beautySo I can feel fulfilledFor bri..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Francis2015/1636959/</link>
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			<title>Blindfold</title>
			<description>Blinded by lustPassion overcomesThe fear of darknessConceding to theTantalizing tortureOf someone else's willTo set your soul free</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Francis2015/1636761/</link>
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