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			<title>Misinformation</title>
			<description>Closed curtains, closed mind&amp;nbsp;The blogger blogs,the twit tweetsand everyone clicks share.&amp;nbsp;Who wrote that article?&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Nobody cares...&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;What are the sources?&amp;nbsp;Tomato&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;mustard?&amp;nbsp;No&amp;nbsp;concern&amp;nbsp;for scientific method,&amp;nbsp;Jargon and&amp;nbsp;fallacies&amp;nb..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SighDuck/1481015/</link>
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			<title>Neurons and essence</title>
			<description>bright sparks flash across the skull,a thought appears in the mind.a thought appears in the mind,bright sparks flash across the skull.which is first?which is last?the brain for the mind?or the mind for the brain?flash bright, think fast.brain, soul, mind.flash bright, think fast.is your mind your br..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SighDuck/962760/</link>
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			<title>Words not heard</title>
			<description>Words spoken,words not heard,word of god ingnored&amp;nbsp;Repeated words,courage and strengthFilled with holy might&amp;nbsp;Not our strengthHIS holy mightSending darkness to flight&amp;nbsp;Holy lightSeen by faithguidance through the night&amp;nbsp;take up swords!Hear the words!and act upon his mightTake up victo..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SighDuck/815041/</link>
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			<title>Darkness up above</title>
			<description>A dark cloud flies,high a bove.It casts a shadowacross the land&amp;nbsp;Murky dark,Things unclear.Lightis wiped awayFearsome ruleRides across the skies&amp;nbsp;The darknessis cold.The darknessis hard.hope, is hardly felt&amp;nbsp;Strong winds whipacross the land.Darkened coudsdragged across the sky&amp;nbsp;Darke..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SighDuck/815040/</link>
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			<title>violet dawn</title>
			<description>Brilliant colours, violet brightshine to my delightpurple leaves, fying freewonderfull to me&amp;nbsp;crowd the ground,in a carpet softA most amazing sight&amp;nbsp;purple blue, on the movecanvassing the groundBrilliant and bright,A thankfull sight</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SighDuck/815039/</link>
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			<title>Stories</title>
			<description>Each has a storyEach has a songif you look close enoughtheres always something wrongAbused by a husband,hated by parentsdepression and sadnessanxiety and painno-one is fine,sadness hidden deepdon't let it showdon't let anyone knowEach has a story,Each has a song.carry your burdens,pretend nothings w..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SighDuck/758678/</link>
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			<title>white water waves</title>
			<description>A little bit of fun :)</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SighDuck/743030/</link>
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			<title>Captive!</title>
			<description>Nowhere to run,no place to hide,countless thoughtsflash across my mindeach one leaves a mark,each one causes painIs there an escape?Can i break freefrom this torture from my mind?I cant stop the thoughts,they wont go awaysomeone set me free!!Can't go on much further,&amp;nbsp;stressed to breaking pointc..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SighDuck/733804/</link>
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			<title>strokes of hope</title>
			<description>A thousand faces&amp;nbsp;smudged into a blurappearing&amp;nbsp;different,but really all the same.A thousand voicesdrowned in chaotic chorus,no colour,&amp;nbsp;no meaning,no sense.Streaks of colourflash across the canvasmomentarily bringing lifeinto the image of our world,they are quickly overwhelmedThe&amp;nbsp;s..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SighDuck/703523/</link>
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			<title>blue light dance</title>
			<description>sudden darkness fills the sky,loud cracks of thunderecho across the land.Blue lines streak from above andwreak havoc down bellow.Bullets of ice are shot from heaven's riflesand torrents of rain clear everything of old.as quickly as it came, it disappears,light shines through the freshly parted cloud..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SighDuck/696247/</link>
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			<title>existence unquestioned?</title>
			<description>a reflection on how we neglect to question who we are as a human race...</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SighDuck/670414/</link>
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			<title>The wise man, and the people</title>
			<description>corruption of the world... and the only hope that stands</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SighDuck/654606/</link>
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			<title>Ode to art</title>
			<description>something for all who create beauty through expression</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SighDuck/648258/</link>
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			<title>horrid creature of my mind</title>
			<description>sleep/insomnia personified</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SighDuck/646863/</link>
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			<title>not awake, not asleep</title>
			<description>Chapter 1</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SighDuck/646376/</link>
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			<title>Of moments, thoughts and actions</title>
			<description>my first (somewhat) rhyming poem</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SighDuck/642642/</link>
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			<title>The grey mare</title>
			<description>Prolouge</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SighDuck/638219/</link>
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			<title>My beautiful home</title>
			<description>Niger forest, lush and green.brightly coloured birds,flowers never seen.South Africa, diverse land.Dragon peaks, mountains of legend.tall and numerous,covered in snow.South Africa, diverse land.Cape Town, city of night.young mans delight,classy and bright.South Africa, diverse land.East to West,Nort..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SighDuck/637245/</link>
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			<title>reflections of nothing</title>
			<description>The life of a writer, how he sees things, and his perspective on the purpose of life... 
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SighDuck/637144/</link>
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			<title>Destroyer</title>
			<description>Can't you see the destruction thats within you.Deep in your heart, a desire to destroydestroy all puritydestroy all hopedestroy all life...this desire lurks not in the top of your mind,but, like a dark savage, it reveals itself onlyin your darkest of nights.it's a darkness that resides in the hearts..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SighDuck/635814/</link>
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			<title>Flood this place with fire</title>
			<description>flood this place with fire,burning inferno of Jesus blood,flood this place with fire...Destroy myself free my soulfill my heart with flame,burning in your name.my you be the burning desire of my heart...flood this place with fireburn the barriers,melt the plastic,just me and you...&amp;nbsp;flood this p..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SighDuck/635698/</link>
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			<title>nature's war</title>
			<description>Bright orange armymarching,destruction in it'spath.It consumes the weak,feeds on the withered.The forest, is its fuelflames stand tallthe power is felt.no man, dare approach.darkness falls,the battle begins...a few soft drops&amp;nbsp;fall, they are consumedthe dark grey clouds,press hard into the assau..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SighDuck/635680/</link>
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			<title>serenity</title>
			<description>I sit serenelyunder the calm gray sky.It's simple&amp;nbsp;elegancemaking light of all myworries and regrets.And slowly as thesoft, light rain begins to fall,i fondly remembergood times&amp;nbsp;of old...Truly, it is a beautiful mood,each raindrop filled with peace,a treasured moment,as I feel the cool wet ..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SighDuck/634659/</link>
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			<title>a stranger's voice</title>
			<description>a strangers voice,heard softly through the wind,a call for help, a cry,for someone who cares...a strangers voice,heard softly through the wind.a call for help, a cry,for someone who caresa strangers voice,heard softly through the wind.His only answer,is the echoed cry.a call for help, a cry,for some..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SighDuck/634041/</link>
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			<title>unforgetable</title>
			<description>your words fly past me like bullets,your lies burn holes through my heart,each breath i take you steal, each thought,caught in your grasps&amp;nbsp;i am better now without you!not better than without you!but i cannot forget you,your fiery lies are still in my mind,and your burning actions still in my so..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SighDuck/633556/</link>
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			<title>CAN YOU HEAR ME?</title>
			<description>can you hear my words,amidst the loud crashing of love's destruction?can you look into my eyes,through the smoke of hate and anger?&amp;nbsp;can't you see,that we've lost all sense of who we are?when last have you looked into the mirror,and known the one who looked back?&amp;nbsp;we are a suffering generati..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SighDuck/633555/</link>
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			<title>the storm of hatred</title>
			<description>under the storm of hatredwith the thunder of angerand lightning of destructionwe all standwe, the world, people born into hatechildren, tought to hatechildren, taught to fightwe the world, people of sinin the storm of hatred evil things are bornwar, the destroyer of lifeprejudice, the destroyer of p..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SighDuck/633203/</link>
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			<title>shattered dreams</title>
			<description>i think back to the times when things were simple,when people didnt care who you are,to the times when it was your personality that defined youi think back to those times,and i see a carefree world,i see the world of a child.why cant things be like that once more?why cant we go back to a life of pea..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/SighDuck/633202/</link>
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