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		<description>The original writings of author Alira </description>
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			<title>Poem / Shorts Series 1 </title>
			<description>Poems </description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/AC20/2959138/</link>
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			<title>A Real Monster</title>
			<description>An old, outdated chapter that has been reworked into a short. </description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/AC20/2945194/</link>
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			<title>A Letter to the Author</title>
			<description>Something therapeutic. </description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/AC20/2848341/</link>
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			<title>My Mouth Is A Steel Beartrap </title>
			<description>A poem I wrote. Not the best, but it&amp;rsquo;s something. </description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/AC20/2848340/</link>
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			<title>Little Creatures </title>
			<description>Something tiny and pointless I wrote as an assigned exercise. </description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/AC20/2848314/</link>
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			<title>In Between Teeth</title>
			<description>CONTENT WARNING:
Short but a little gross. 
Some more weird content I randomly wrote. Been feeling pretty odd. </description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/AC20/2822604/</link>
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			<title>Leave Me Alone</title>
			<description>CONTENT WARNING:
A little bit gory, but not too bad.
Something I wrote awhile ago for the hell of it. Kinda weird.  </description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/AC20/2822602/</link>
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			<title>Lucky The Golden Rabbit Skull</title>
			<description>Something crazy. That&amp;rsquo;s all. Finals are killing me, will post, review, and engage more after. Hopefully. </description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/AC20/2816680/</link>
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			<title>Blue Daze</title>
			<description>Another prose poem. This one&amp;rsquo;s kinda weird. 
*Sorry I haven&amp;rsquo;t been posting much, will probably do more once I&amp;rsquo;m done with finals and what not. </description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/AC20/2816034/</link>
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			<title>I Am </title>
			<description>WARNING:
References to death, well, kinda.

A little exercise I did in my playwriting 101 class; it isn&amp;rsquo;t exactly too much of a mystery what I&amp;rsquo;m writing about, but I thought it was neat anyway. </description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/AC20/2814140/</link>
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			<title>Ensnared</title>
			<description>WARNING:
Death. Some disturbing imagery. 

A spider and a fly. </description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/AC20/2813841/</link>
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			<title>The Thing In The Closet </title>
			<description>There is a thing in the closet. </description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/AC20/2813805/</link>
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			<title>Monster, A Poem </title>
			<description>WARNING:
Gross. References to regurgitation, unpleasant imagery. 

This is kind of an ambitious one. Playing around with &amp;hellip;prose poetry, I guess? Anyway, this is about a monster. </description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/AC20/2813721/</link>
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			<title>Robin </title>
			<description>WARNING:
Death.
DISCLAIMER:
Another older piece. 

A curious boy finds something strange. </description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/AC20/2813561/</link>
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			<title>The Paximatikus </title>
			<description>WARNING:
Mild gore and death.

A creature is not good at swimming. </description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/AC20/2813559/</link>
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			<title>Safely Tucked Away </title>
			<description>Another attempt at poetry, this time a &amp;ldquo;villanelle.&amp;rdquo; Will be edited further at some point.

Protecting a love made of sand. </description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/AC20/2813558/</link>
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			<title>Just Smile More </title>
			<description>A well-intentioned monster&amp;rsquo;s answer to &amp;ldquo;Gray.&amp;rdquo;

A nosy reptilian creature tries to help a young Autist out of her negative space; this may or may not be working very well for him. </description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/AC20/2813527/</link>
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			<title>The Social Journey Of An Autist </title>
			<description>WARNING:
Implications of sexual harassment by a peer and bullying.
DISCLAIMER:
Another older piece.

A personal essay I wrote in tenth grade about some of my experiences being autistic. </description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/AC20/2813454/</link>
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			<title>Ocean Lullaby</title>
			<description>WARNING:
Images depicting death. 

My first time writing a sonnet. I wrote this for poetry class and it will be edited at some point. I like how it came out, though. </description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/AC20/2813453/</link>
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			<title>Gray</title>
			<description>WARNING:
Mild gore, references to mental health issues and substance abuse. 
DISCLAIMER:
Older story.

A troubled and introverted man is visited by a strange creature who gives him advice.  </description>
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			<link>http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/AC20/2813443/</link>
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