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			<title>Snowflakes</title>
			<description>human lemmings are annoyingly stupid. </description>
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			<title>Blue Collar Blues</title>
			<description>Jobs that kill you on the inside, then the outside</description>
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			<title>Pull the Lever</title>
			<description>the end of western civilization and a bag of popcorn</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jaybailey1/1818970/</link>
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			<title>if any man</title>
			<description>if someone wants to make me pay for everything i've donei will be here waiting for yoube here waiting for youeager with anticipationfoaming at the mouth with patiencei am so excited to meet youknife to hand, im ready to greet youif anyone thinks they got what it takes to make me payi will be here wa..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jaybailey1/1805899/</link>
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			<title>the fire in your heart is out</title>
			<description>here where the dust never settlesand the fools dig for buried goldall is fair in hate and loathingall the humans resemble ratsand they cut each others throats with invisible knivesthey'll turn there backs on a dimesafe inside their bubble of fair weather friendsi know madness like the back of my han..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jaybailey1/1803155/</link>
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			<title>war on the inside</title>
			<description>Nothing grows hereThe soil is all sandWe're dust and bonesAnd starved for everythingFood, light, affectionThe desire to give up is ever increasingAnd we're all waiting to dieUntil its ok with everyone elseUntil the selfish get their fillNo, nothing makes us happyNothing fits in its proper placeLike ..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jaybailey1/1803143/</link>
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			<title>life among the rats</title>
			<description>people pretend to be someone they are not and eventually get found out. lives get ruined, trust betrayed, your insecurity is malignant and infectious.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jaybailey1/1803044/</link>
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			<title>denial//futile</title>
			<description>chin barely above water, we're drowning in it</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jaybailey1/1802474/</link>
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			<title>born a working man</title>
			<description>i was born a working manborn and raise by a working mans handor the back of his handand i cant get the (i cant get this, out of my skin)stains out of my skinthe dirt out from my nailsthe tired from my eyesthe guilt that i cant do enoughso i became a bitter manwho only knows how to workhow to make en..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jaybailey1/1799749/</link>
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			<title>i am never letting go</title>
			<description>somewhere out there</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jaybailey1/1799747/</link>
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			<title>Minor Gods</title>
			<description>boy meets girl, marriage, children, the cycle of abuse continues.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jaybailey1/1798392/</link>
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			<title>anonymous and unimportant</title>
			<description>self destruction is laughable at this point</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jaybailey1/1797071/</link>
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			<title>holes and questions</title>
			<description>pllllluuuuggggghhhhhh</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jaybailey1/1797050/</link>
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			<title>all your daughters</title>
			<description>the daughters of eve will bring ruin to the sons of adam</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jaybailey1/1797041/</link>
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			<title>bedrock</title>
			<description>anger that becomes rage that becomes bitterness</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jaybailey1/1795345/</link>
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			<title>napoleon</title>
			<description>tiny overcompensating man begging to be slapped</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jaybailey1/1794941/</link>
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			<title>one swipe</title>
			<description>tiny liarsim not impressed or convincedjust because you can sniff each others assesand sell each other the ideathat s**t doesn't stinkdoesn't give you a better result or solutionthan that one i came toim tired of the sound of your insignificant voicevibrating in my earrubbing on every nerve and carv..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jaybailey1/1794934/</link>
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			<title>blood</title>
			<description>family line removal</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jaybailey1/1794913/</link>
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			<title>(ny)</title>
			<description>raw nerve ending</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jaybailey1/1792330/</link>
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			<title>take pills when angry</title>
			<description>slurred speech</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jaybailey1/1791962/</link>
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			<title>the storm had eyes</title>
			<description>you hear the sound before the evidencebut theres nothing you can do to changeits coming and it will devastate you'll end up crumpled in a pile of blanketswondering where your life has gonejust like everyone elseyou're not specialyou just think you arecause thats what they always told youso that the ..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jaybailey1/1790550/</link>
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			<title>fools</title>
			<description>stream of consciousness</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jaybailey1/1788161/</link>
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			<title>we the broken</title>
			<description>isolated madness, again</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jaybailey1/1788159/</link>
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			<title>plateu</title>
			<description>aging in misery</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jaybailey1/1788149/</link>
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			<title>good sleep will never come</title>
			<description>people are too insane to get close to</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jaybailey1/1788139/</link>
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			<title>behind closed doors</title>
			<description>madness</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jaybailey1/1788138/</link>
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			<title>trust</title>
			<description>we're doomed</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jaybailey1/1788137/</link>
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			<title>ever slowly</title>
			<description>ever slowlyis how it happenswe all fall downin the endwhen the bodyloses functionaint it prettyhow it endsthey bring roses to the showingcold and rainy to the souland i can't help but laugh so loudlyi can't take this seriouslywhats more selfishchecking out quickwhen you've always been in paini think..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jaybailey1/1788136/</link>
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			<title>too many humans</title>
			<description>dont trust humans</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jaybailey1/1788134/</link>
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			<title>the morning air</title>
			<description>i ride a bike to work</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jaybailey1/1787595/</link>
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			<title>the people upstairs</title>
			<description>a journal entry, more than anything</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jaybailey1/1787585/</link>
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			<title>empty and harmless</title>
			<description>i offer my hands, empty and harmlessbut scarred from bitesi retreat into my headself imposed exile on the edge of the western worldtired of being the mouseled out by hungerto be chased by predatorsi've seen enough blood stainson the teeth of monstersi give my heartit can be open and strongbut its fo..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jaybailey1/1787554/</link>
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			<title>memories are for amateurs </title>
			<description>too beaten down to even try to careabandoned, exiled, vilifiedno one feels safe around me nowdon't reactthe laws of cause and effectdo not applywhen it comes to trauma victimstrying to healan outsider for the rest of your lifebecause of things that were done to youmany years agothat were out of your..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jaybailey1/1787551/</link>
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			<title>as miserable as i am</title>
			<description>misanthropic</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jaybailey1/1787544/</link>
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			<title>sleepless sad</title>
			<description>2:30 in the morningand then 7 am and the sun is coming upthere is nothing like the feeling of a failureas another night is spent sleeplesscan't even get natural bodily functions rightcan't ever seem to get black enough blanketsto put in the windowsits a lonely, cold feelingseeing that blue of day po..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jaybailey1/1787543/</link>
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			<title>another monday</title>
			<description>Snow melts but the rain keeps the sky greyWe all worship our vitamin d deficiencies hereWe act cordialBut we never leave the house without our gunsAll these people with their petty dramasTheir bad attitudes are contagiousI'm at a loss for restraintAll fall asleep in beds that aren't theirsWith lover..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jaybailey1/1787540/</link>
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			<title>nickel and dimed to death</title>
			<description>burned out shell of a working man</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jaybailey1/1787537/</link>
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			<title>ignore it</title>
			<description>its not gonna go awayif i ignore itbut thats all that i can do right nowto keep me on my feetthe days are added weightto weary shouldersto drag through a life i hatei gotta figure this all out somehowthe problem throbs awayno matter how old the woundit makes me feel pathetici don't know the first th..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jaybailey1/1787534/</link>
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			<title>something in my teeth</title>
			<description>stop staring at the void, a*****e.</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jaybailey1/1787533/</link>
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			<title>its all your fault</title>
			<description>traumatic mess trying to organize thoughts when everyone feels like they're out to get you</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jaybailey1/1786668/</link>
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			<title>buy your ticket</title>
			<description>buy the ticket, take the ride</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jaybailey1/1786659/</link>
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			<title>hawk reminders</title>
			<description>i watched a hawk pull feathers out of a birds back for an hourthere was another hawk in the distance, on another building, just standing therethe hawk used its massive muscles to stand on this birdand pull the meat from its bones with his beakit was one of the most intense things i've ever seenthe c..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jaybailey1/1786655/</link>
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			<title>the fox</title>
			<description>I've felt this beforeand its been a long timeshe haunts my dreamsi feel her ghost moving through memy skin breaks out in goose fleshmy brain flooded with chemicalslike a junkie long on the wagonand just fallen offi haven't felt this good in yearsthe old nightmares of agonizing achethe rumble in my g..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jaybailey1/1786647/</link>
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			<title>face meet glass</title>
			<description>violent anger</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jaybailey1/1786643/</link>
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			<title>the perfect sound of spinning wheels</title>
			<description>oh fellow humansYou mean nothing to meStand at each end of the roomAnd someone is going to decideThat one is better than the otherWe have walled off all the truthAnd simple nature of things for ourselvesAdapt your surroundingTo fit your needBecause we are too insecureTo adjust ourselvesTo our surrou..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jaybailey1/1786639/</link>
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			<title>destroy all b******s</title>
			<description>&amp;#8203;F*****g angrier than a nest of beesDevilish anger, tastes like heatBlood rushes up my neckMy vision goes white, lighterI am ready to throw it all away for vengeanceThe world makes a man become a manAnd guilts him for becoming the thing it made him to beThis is a reaction to stimulus A motor f..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jaybailey1/1786244/</link>
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			<title>small frightened noises</title>
			<description>The ache is always thereEven in my happiest momentsIt's a reminder that their livesWill never be for meI can pretend all I wantRead the script like a real proBut the reality isI will buckle and foldAnd find myself a mess of tears and sadnessA man child who never could harden himselfAgainst the grit ..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jaybailey1/1786240/</link>
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			<title>a stray piece of trash from gods garbage can</title>
			<description>No one talks about foreverIn reference to the damage doneIt's always about loveOr beautiful fantasiesNever about the things we've doneTo each otherBut that's the only forever that really existsThe damage done is permanentYou might dull the ache over timeYou might brush it off as &quot;it was a long time ..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jaybailey1/1786235/</link>
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			<title>keep your neckline high</title>
			<description>&amp;#8203;I feel the rot in everyone around meLike it was my own rotI feel like a live wirePicking up frequencies and amplifying themAll these people are a wreck But so am ISo why do I feel different than themWhy do I feel odd even to the oddI no longer have any need for other people in my lifeHumans a..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/jaybailey1/1786234/</link>
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			<title>City of Sirens</title>
			<description>These piss smelling bathroomsThese broken floor tilesThat show the dirt and scum underneathThe feeling of wanting to touch as little as possibleThese dingy, dirty factoriesWhere men are slavesStains on the tanksDead in the eyesMorning light creeping in cold and lonelyEverything lit from the side cas..</description>
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