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			<title>A Shrine </title>
			<description>What have I done I wonder with my words Through trees behind blue sky&amp;rsquo;s A traveler along the roadside I will construct a templeTo love To sexTo the sin in my blood A shrine to an awakening of the heartTo the evil in my soulI will pray to crystallize the loneliness Then re..</description>
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			<title>Her Depths </title>
			<description>My smooth mind revolves SpinningThe night sky sings out a song only she can capture My verse My love Falls like dew on a flowerI dream of her hidden body Her gleaming eyes in yellow candlelight I long for the aroma of her depths The perfume of her skinA slight glimpse of her beau..</description>
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			<title>Death of A Nightmare Flower </title>
			<description>Beauty unimaginable Darkness inconceivable A look that will turn your rebellion to stone Scattered etchings of suicidal dramas in her mindSlashing skin because the chaos pain was to realToo close The one who gives And gives Until time to takeThe one who stands speechless But ..</description>
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			<title>Faith</title>
			<description>FaithF**kSo long from feeling the hysteria rays of sunshine on this dirty faceThe last dime in my hollow pocket for sinMy angels staggered in empty rooms Hallucinating drunkenness over rooftops on a blind joyride to paradise ally </description>
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			<title>Tattered Streets</title>
			<description>I drag myself through these tattered streets Neon flashing a melody in the obscene corners of my mind Shuttering clouds leap to the heavens Fire painting houses Through the eyes of my guardian angel I fly through conversations The pen My blood To the lighting blue moon To the end o..</description>
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			<title>The Lost</title>
			<description>Weeping intoxication Your bloodRose gardens of eden cover my endless bladeMy venomous wordsThese poisoned lipsSwallow meThe lostWho copulated in peyote blue backyardsRanting of the flesh under the winter moon before dawn</description>
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			<title>Blue wheels </title>
			<description>Hair blanketed Night revolving Invisible Her sleeping mind within my chestHer dreams within my dreamsMy handsClenched fists Be within meMy skinMy blood The future blue wheels turning Brown beauty in the sunlight In the moonlight In my resting soulYour love Nomadic S..</description>
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			<title>Nightmare Flower </title>
			<description>You are my museMy pause for reflection The space between my linesMy reference for beauty The crack in my soul You are the bruise on my    ribs The head on my chestMy puzzle piece You are my muse The pierced demonMy nightmare flowerConsume meConsume my heartIt's yours </description>
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			<title>Shimmering Bodies </title>
			<description>The nightCrisp Starry bodies shimmer in the heavens Shes thereThe same night blankets the same treesThe same facesI no longer love herThe infinite nightThose shimmering bodies Wind swelling Words swept away before reaching her earsInfinite night Shimmering bodies </description>
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			<title>Twilight </title>
			<description>If you think me madThe door to my heart closedWindow panes broken and shattered Falling leaves in grey winter She sets my blood aflame I want to be under her skinThe liquid curve of her back Rising breast like baking bread Velvet depths between her thighs If you think me mad My l..</description>
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			<title>life Tax</title>
			<description>In my dreamI standLooking up at stained glass windowWhisper to me the report of my soulThe statement of my sinsI pay the taxes of this lifeIn installments I hope&amp;nbsp;</description>
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			<title>Gaslight Park</title>
			<description>You float like leaf into my pocketI hold you there like a fine piece of gold&amp;nbsp;A child with a fresh picked flowerWhite lace wind whistles past my face&amp;nbsp;Circling me in daybreak beauty&amp;nbsp;We wander gaslight parkSharp waters linger in red stone background&amp;nbsp;Shrinking sun blazing low&amp;nbsp;Yo..</description>
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			<title>In The Place Of Your Name</title>
			<description>Kissing karma under the secret moonI believe I'll call this place your nameCarve a monument in stone&amp;nbsp;But the king was not pleasedEyes burning&amp;nbsp;Like the cigarette in my fingersLong as spun straw&amp;nbsp;The court fell silentAll empty plates waiting to be filled&amp;nbsp;Destroy itMake it an epitaph..</description>
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			<title>Magnolia Avenue</title>
			<description>Tripping down magnolia avenue&amp;nbsp;With prophets coming into view&amp;nbsp;The wind brings your perfume drifting throughSmells like home to meSmile on my face and feeling finePoets round a table killing timeBut I'm an infant in their mindBeards long and sipping wine&amp;nbsp;But that's when I know iv'e got ..</description>
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			<title>Luminous Lovers</title>
			<description>I am like no one elseBecause you love meLight rains over us&amp;nbsp;Where shade once rested&amp;nbsp;I hunger for your pale desireThirsting for the crushing depths&amp;nbsp;Of your womanly graceSurrender&amp;nbsp;Now be stillHear my words caressing youAn untied knot&amp;nbsp;A flowering creation&amp;nbsp;Newly born &amp;nbsp;..</description>
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			<title>Kingdom Of Mud</title>
			<description>Perched on the banks of the Mississippi&amp;nbsp;Flat bottom boats on mirrored red sunset waterTobacco on the wind&amp;nbsp;hanging&amp;nbsp;Will-O'-the Wisps playing games&amp;nbsp;Named foolish fire&amp;nbsp;Alone here I grow rootsA skeleton belonging to this earthA seedling&amp;nbsp;On the banks of this old manBut today..</description>
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			<title>Awaken </title>
			<description>Electro hippie dances in the cornerTubular crystal dreadsProjecting color matrix over our facesThe floor rises up to meet her feet with rhythmic incomprehensionWhat fluid step may come nextWe set drinking blueWatching her movementsLike mathematicians brainstorming the next equationHer pattern become..</description>
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			<title>Collision Course </title>
			<description>There is no pride in thisI know your nameThe street sign of your marrowYour boneThree flights of stairs to your graspI&amp;#2013265922;'m tangled by passing strangers&amp;nbsp;Faces carved into marionettes&amp;nbsp;Dancing&amp;nbsp;The gardener is there spying meTending to his petunias like living diamonds&amp;nbsp;I s..</description>
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			<title>Garden Of The Deep</title>
			<description>With a poets awkward grin&amp;nbsp;I pull your words within&amp;nbsp;The here&amp;nbsp;And the nowI brush the hair from your browIn the wounded shadows we danceOur wallsOur weapons&amp;nbsp;Crumble with a glance&amp;nbsp;Love-sick children&amp;nbsp;Abandoned sleepOur souls become one&amp;nbsp;In the garden of the deep&amp;nbsp;</description>
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			<title>Take Her Home</title>
			<description>She stood on the vibrating event horizon&amp;nbsp;Strange data tessellating&amp;nbsp;Soft blue eyes cutting through the city nightIts a strange way homeOver this colorless tapestryThere are moments in time&amp;nbsp;When you can only take the next stepThen anotherShe wanted that familiar feeling&amp;nbsp;That neon c..</description>
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			<title>Departing </title>
			<description>Do you remember&amp;nbsp;That nightWhen our love was bornYou pierce through my veins&amp;nbsp;One with my bloodYour song in my mouthFilling me&amp;nbsp;With your blazing love&amp;nbsp;Do you remember&amp;nbsp;That dayWhen our love died&amp;nbsp;Time made of stoneHours repeating&amp;nbsp;That broken windowSorrow climbing vines ..</description>
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			<title>The Passing </title>
			<description>What does it take to leave this worldLips mouthing the words of beliefBitter truthLooking through the eyes of some sunken beast&amp;nbsp;The everlasting wishing well running dryBut now its winter&amp;nbsp;In middayThe dark birds flutter and lift off&amp;nbsp;I stand in front of emptiness&amp;nbsp;Gripping this pock..</description>
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			<title>My Beloved </title>
			<description>I make my way to youNot knowing&amp;nbsp;Where I may find youA fumbling boy&amp;nbsp;Searching&amp;nbsp;For your warm breath on my face&amp;nbsp;Everything carries me to youThe beating of my heartThe breeze floating against my skinIf you think me madDo not fearWrapped in your arms will cure meLet go of your rootsSo..</description>
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			<title>If I Was To Die</title>
			<description>For I would dieIf denied the golden light of your loveA slave captured&amp;nbsp;Chained by the beauty of your soulBut if I was to dieConsumed by your fireI could find my true calm&amp;nbsp;I would bend for your loveBreak for just one glance&amp;nbsp;Heart opened like the morning peddles of a flowerIf I was to d..</description>
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			<title>Strong Hands</title>
			<description>Strong hands raised to the moonlightI fumble&amp;nbsp;Stumble&amp;nbsp;Through this maze&amp;nbsp;Of winding memoriesIlluminate my way&amp;nbsp;Blue eyes pierce bone&amp;nbsp;Collared beauty&amp;nbsp;Burning steelSearching&amp;nbsp;You belong&amp;nbsp;In these strong handsIf only I could find my way&amp;nbsp;I fumble&amp;nbsp;Stumble&amp;nbsp..</description>
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			<title>Don't Come Any Closer</title>
			<description>WaitDon&amp;rsquo;tCome&amp;nbsp;OneStep&amp;nbsp;CloserThis is something you can&amp;rsquo;t seeSomething you can&amp;rsquo;t feelHow&amp;nbsp;Much&amp;nbsp;Can I bleedThese&amp;nbsp;Words&amp;nbsp;Don&amp;rsquo;t make any musicYou&amp;nbsp;Can&amp;rsquo;t&amp;nbsp;Understand this&amp;nbsp;</description>
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			<title>She Loved Me Once </title>
			<description>I loved herAnd she loved me oncePull the breath of life from my lungsLike shattered glass floating to the groundThe insignia wrapped round your finger in white goldThat winter with naked trees&amp;nbsp;Now I set in silence with trembling hand&amp;nbsp;An island disappearing back in the sea&amp;nbsp;Memories spi..</description>
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			<title>Dirty Streets </title>
			<description>Its midnight&amp;nbsp;Back in the dirty streetsCold wind pushing past&amp;nbsp;Like the screams of the innocentI'm at home hereCaressing the brick and stoneKing of the alleyways&amp;nbsp;Priest to the bumsPimps and w****s&amp;nbsp;Slingers and crooks&amp;nbsp;Wearing their rusted halos&amp;nbsp;Its midnight&amp;nbsp;Says the c..</description>
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			<title>Family </title>
			<description>I was born in Mississippi&amp;nbsp;This very small placeMud on those jeans&amp;nbsp;Dirt covered my faceMy father was a farmerWith a philosophy degree&amp;nbsp;I remember at the time&amp;nbsp;That didn't mean much to meMother was a strong woman&amp;nbsp;But still gentle and kind&amp;nbsp;She held us all togetherToe the lin..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/negzero/1845050/</link>
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			<title>Folly Of My Sin</title>
			<description>I know what you thinkBut its not that at allI&amp;rsquo;ll find my legs&amp;nbsp;I&amp;rsquo;ll stand up tallRipping skinAnd that heroin slidePulsing with the wave&amp;nbsp;Ride the tide&amp;nbsp;Works fall slowly to the floorWith the folly of my sinIt&amp;rsquo;s in the blood nowAs the camera spins&amp;nbsp;</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/negzero/1844329/</link>
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			<title>Reviews </title>
			<description>Just a small reminder to have fun with what you're doing. </description>
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			<title>Don't Go</title>
			<description>That old tin can&amp;nbsp;You threw your pennies inJust in case&amp;nbsp;You have to runThose black and white photographs&amp;nbsp;Faded and tornThey stay in your heart&amp;nbsp;Like the thorn on a roseNo need to worry love&amp;nbsp;I'm here with you</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/negzero/1843287/</link>
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			<title>His Younger Face </title>
			<description>It was a cold dayWhen he emptied&amp;nbsp;His things&amp;nbsp;Into a suitcaseHe had scars&amp;nbsp;That he was proud of&amp;nbsp;From his younger daysBut everything&amp;nbsp;Made him feelAs if he was empty insideAnd the memories of her&amp;nbsp;He had played it safeIts was a long ride&amp;nbsp;But now&amp;nbsp;He was somewhere&amp;nbs..</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/negzero/1843278/</link>
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			<title>Energy </title>
			<description>Explosive&amp;nbsp;I can&amp;rsquo;t quite contain itLets tear it downCut into the surface&amp;nbsp;Then bring it backBack&amp;nbsp;And its wordless</description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/negzero/1843263/</link>
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			<title>Wooden </title>
			<description>Wrap me in tomorrowsFor I am smallBehind bars&amp;nbsp;You are golden&amp;nbsp;My skin dangles from wooden bones&amp;nbsp;For I am weakMy light is yours to takeDrink it up</description>
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			<title>Search </title>
			<description>We stand along the shoreHand in hand waiting for where the wind may take usYour hair blows wrapping my face in you&amp;nbsp;But I no longer careI no longer blame the demons for my actionsYou smell of bath beads and lavenderMy knees weak&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Brain spinning&amp;nbsp;In the right place , the right time ..</description>
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			<title>Vowels Push Out</title>
			<description>All the vowels push out to call your nameThe calm of &amp;nbsp;your brow, could set my whole world &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;aflameMy stance takes on that of a childish daughter&amp;nbsp;As a lifetime of reflection compresses to one drop of water</description>
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			<title>Finger to the Sky</title>
			<description>The snow fell like a windmill that nightRound and roundWe huddled by the gleaming graffiti fireLike crows singing cycles round a corpse&amp;nbsp;Only to find our souls frozen on the lineCrouching in the darkA mass inverted consciousness&amp;nbsp;Fading fast beyond my finger to the sky</description>
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			<title>My Demon</title>
			<description>I&amp;rsquo;m just one of those ordinary people&amp;nbsp;Waiting for the kingFace to the blue, eyes ready to singMother will you show me how to prayBut nothing comes to mind&amp;nbsp;Iv&amp;rsquo;e forgotten what to say&amp;nbsp;Brother pull the right words from my lipsI missed it&amp;nbsp;To busy looking sideways at the c..</description>
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			<title>Oblivion Beside the Shoe Shine Stand</title>
			<description>Stumbling through the quarterBuildingsHigh stone faces in the skyShe said: &amp;ldquo;I think ive lost my mind&amp;rdquo;But I couldn't&amp;rsquo; remember who she wasOblivion..Beside the shoe shine standBut there is so much blood behind this skinMe and love and a soul perhapsI&amp;rsquo;m not lostJust burning&amp;ldqu..</description>
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			<title>Just a Door</title>
			<description>I have this door you seeIt hangs like an obelisk&amp;nbsp;In the corner of my apartment&amp;nbsp;Standing tall and remembering wellIt remembers the day we brought groceries through itThe day we ran to it from the pouring rainThe time you leaned against it when I gave that first kissThe cheap wood looking ov..</description>
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			<title>Building Parables</title>
			<description>Her words danced&amp;nbsp;Poetry scratched on the bathroom stall&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; of the world&amp;nbsp;Eyes raging with firey truthSteel lips building parables&amp;nbsp;I knew I loved her</description>
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			<title>No Ghost</title>
			<description>I follow you down your twisting alleywaysLet me fall through the clouds of your wordsEasyLets treat these days as if they were our lastThese dreams as if they were not the pastI play my song for youFrom the jukebox in my cornerOf my mind&amp;nbsp;Its free from the ghost baby&amp;nbsp;So don't cry&amp;nbsp;</description>
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			<title>41</title>
			<description>Running through fields of stoneBreathlessLegs of steelLungs on fireBurning your nameTattooed villainGripping mirrored perceptionDreaming</description>
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			<title>I Dream</title>
			<description>I dreamSand through fingers passing timeIn the oily black of nightScreaming radiant coalescenceIlluminatedBrilliant oddities ingested by great mindsScholars of art and warDeath from watery hallucination blueI dream</description>
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			<title>Wishes and Stars </title>
			<description>Who knows what the future bringsWishes, travels, stars and thingsAnd who really knows &quot;where the wild things are&quot;Or if its Thing 1 or Thing 2 that needs to borrow your carSometimes we go upAnd sometimes we go downBut on occasion we go sidewaysWith neither a smile nor a frownSo if you ever find yours..</description>
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			<title>On Tuesday </title>
			<description>Don&amp;rsquo;t hate me lordBut I became an atheist on Tuesday&amp;nbsp;I carried her tomb on Monday&amp;nbsp;Was lost in the streets on WednesdayWe think within the skyWithin the earth&amp;nbsp;Within the stone under the souls of our shoesLost, wondering the forgotten city of human empathy&amp;nbsp;What happened here ..</description>
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			<title>Bleed </title>
			<description>Brilliance ingested through your holy heart&amp;nbsp;Through your eyes of wonderBleeding the mist I inhale through my flowering nostrilsI smellIntertwining your hairs breath as I prayAll one in time and space encapsulating my essence in the palm of your inviting hand</description>
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			<title>The One</title>
			<description>&amp;nbsp;Her heart resides in my heartlivingRefusing to wash awayShe fragments my soul like a dandy lion in the wind&amp;nbsp;Thrust up into the cool breeze of faithOnly to be found in the grass of the shade tree drooping lowPick me and thrust me up please&amp;nbsp;Then come to find me</description>
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			<title>Burn</title>
			<description>&amp;ldquo;It was the time we burned the night&amp;rdquo; she saidLiquid dreams&amp;nbsp;Moments in time captured on paperLike bad lyrics eched on the mindWe walked the dirty streets like giants that dayIn a fairy tale unknown to most&amp;nbsp;But this was no mushroom to make you smallIt was realityWe lived in the ..</description>
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