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    <title>- s h i f t l e s s</title>
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    <updated>2008-07-29T22:10:58Z</updated>
    
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    <title>gemly creature</title>
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    <published>2008-07-29T22:07:26Z</published>
    <updated>2008-07-29T22:10:58Z</updated>
    
    <summary></summary>
    <author>
        <name>Jay Jech</name>
        <uri></uri>
    </author>
    
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<entry>
    <title>a scarecrow</title>
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    <published>2007-09-24T19:11:56Z</published>
    <updated>2007-12-05T07:11:27Z</updated>
    
    <summary></summary>
    <author>
        <name>Jay Jech</name>
        <uri></uri>
    </author>
    
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<entry>
    <title>fallen angel</title>
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    <published>2007-09-18T06:02:01Z</published>
    <updated>2007-09-18T06:06:24Z</updated>
    
    <summary></summary>
    <author>
        <name>Jay Jech</name>
        <uri></uri>
    </author>
    
        <category term="The Speck" />
    
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<entry>
    <title>a last lament</title>
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    <published>2007-09-13T05:42:05Z</published>
    <updated>2007-09-13T06:00:27Z</updated>
    
    <summary> your flaccid interest burns my heart our transient nature rips us apart the shambling sunset, once lovely and bright now languidly weeps its last rays at the night &apos;ere, come now the vultures &apos;ere, come now the crows to...</summary>
    <author>
        <name>Jay Jech</name>
        <uri></uri>
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<p>your flaccid interest<br />
     burns my heart</p>

<p>our transient nature<br />
     rips us apart</p>

<p>the shambling sunset,<br />
     once lovely and bright<br />
now languidly weeps its last<br />
     rays at the night</p>

<p>'ere, come now the vultures<br />
'ere, come now the crows<br />
     to free what remains<br />
          as the agony grows</p>

<p>if its true<br />
     that a wish<br />
can be got<br />
     from a star</p>

<p>but one wish would I ask:<br />
     to be near where you are</p>

<p>my insides are burning<br />
as Time's wheels stop turning</p>

<p>I'm only a man<br />
     and<br />
             I<br />
                die</pre><br />
<BR><br />
<br><br />
<br><br />
<br><br />
<br><br />
<font size="1">(...a dead heart sheds no tears.)</font></p>]]>
        
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<entry>
    <title>stranded</title>
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    <published>2007-09-05T04:44:27Z</published>
    <updated>2007-09-05T04:47:28Z</updated>
    
    <summary></summary>
    <author>
        <name>Jay Jech</name>
        <uri></uri>
    </author>
    
        <category term="Cairn of Dreams" />
    
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<entry>
    <title>the world was falling</title>
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    <published>2007-09-03T14:21:45Z</published>
    <updated>2007-09-03T14:26:18Z</updated>
    
    <summary> but always he struggled to stand tall...</summary>
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        <name>Jay Jech</name>
        <uri></uri>
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<p>but always he struggled to stand tall</p>]]>
        
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<entry>
    <title>caelum revertimus</title>
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    <published>2007-06-22T15:42:59Z</published>
    <updated>2007-06-22T16:22:04Z</updated>
    
    <summary></summary>
    <author>
        <name>Jay Jech</name>
        <uri></uri>
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<entry>
    <title>vorpidity; the world of twilight</title>
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    <published>2007-06-20T16:07:35Z</published>
    <updated>2007-06-20T16:11:07Z</updated>
    
    <summary></summary>
    <author>
        <name>Jay Jech</name>
        <uri></uri>
    </author>
    
        <category term="Cairn of Dreams" />
    
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<entry>
    <title>forsaken</title>
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    <published>2007-06-18T16:53:50Z</published>
    <updated>2007-06-18T16:58:42Z</updated>
    
    <summary></summary>
    <author>
        <name>Jay Jech</name>
        <uri></uri>
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<entry>
    <title>The crickets are back!</title>
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    <published>2007-06-12T20:58:03Z</published>
    <updated>2007-06-12T20:58:51Z</updated>
    
    <summary>chirp chirp...</summary>
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        <name>Jay Jech</name>
        <uri></uri>
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<entry>
    <title>a day at sea</title>
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    <published>2007-06-09T07:33:03Z</published>
    <updated>2011-03-18T04:56:38Z</updated>
    
    <summary>obliteration in my pocket - what form take you today? be you the glittering ale, to shy away all that ails me? perhaps you are a lovely whiskey, to whisk me away to Neverland, where I may dream of sweet...</summary>
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        <name>Jay Jech</name>
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        <![CDATA[<p>obliteration in my pocket -<br />
what form take you today?</p>

<p>be you the glittering ale,<br />
to shy away all that ails me?</p>

<p>perhaps you are a lovely whiskey,<br />
to whisk me away to Neverland,<br />
where I may dream of sweet things!</p>

<p>are you now a gin,<br />
that all my deepest wishes may be granted?</p>

<p>your shape is ever shifting,<br />
you dirty gypsy...</p>

<p>your foul stench permeates<br />
my breath, my clothes,</p>

<p>you've stripped me of my dignity,<br />
left me alone in my despair</p>]]>
        
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<entry>
    <title>twilight: lost dream #690</title>
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    <published>2007-06-06T06:56:42Z</published>
    <updated>2007-06-18T17:00:05Z</updated>
    
    <summary></summary>
    <author>
        <name>Jay Jech</name>
        <uri></uri>
    </author>
    
        <category term="Cairn of Dreams" />
    
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<entry>
    <title>ghost of desolation</title>
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    <published>2007-05-19T07:10:10Z</published>
    <updated>2007-05-19T07:11:47Z</updated>
    
    <summary></summary>
    <author>
        <name>Jay Jech</name>
        <uri></uri>
    </author>
    
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<entry>
    <title>little one</title>
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    <published>2007-05-07T05:10:45Z</published>
    <updated>2007-06-18T17:00:42Z</updated>
    
    <summary> he was a cute little stowaway... must have ridden home with me on the back of my neck...</summary>
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        <name>Jay Jech</name>
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<p><font size="1">he was a cute little stowaway...<br />
must have ridden home with me on the back of my neck</font></p>]]>
        
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<entry>
    <title>are we made of dust?</title>
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    <published>2007-05-01T05:16:09Z</published>
    <updated>2007-05-01T05:17:00Z</updated>
    
    <summary></summary>
    <author>
        <name>Jay Jech</name>
        <uri></uri>
    </author>
    
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