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	<title>Acceptance</title>
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	<description>What does it mean to accept?</description>
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		<title>black tea and bitter thoughts</title>
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		<description>The dark brown paper cup holds 12oz of liquid but the machine only pours 8oz and i am left looking at the third of the cup that is empty and wondering if i should fill it with honey or milk.

If I leave it empty, which I often doI know that I have wasted the opportunityto do something meaningfulor sweet.

The cows have sacrificed teat by teat -- at the hands of a cold hearted machine

The bees -- their labor of monthscarefully stashed away for babiesand workers who will never knowhow wonderful their life might have been ... more  </description>
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		<category>Acceptance</category>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>clawing for the c sharp</title>
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		<description>I tap the metal railing every other stepwith the ring on my right handuntil it sounds like I'm keeping the beat

there is no beat though, only the chinkof gold on steelthe mousy scream of diamond on glass

my left foot lands on the off-beatuntil I am music going up the stairsand no one knowswho I am.

there is no immorality in meas I smile at themunnecessarily kindand warm when cold would do.

What a waste of energyI think, as i let my music outand dance around for them.

they hear cacaphonybut it is jazzand blues

it ... more  </description>
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		<category>Acceptance</category>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>content</title>
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		<description>... and alive?</description>
		<dc:creator>anstey</dc:creator>
		<category>Acceptance</category>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>Devestating</title>
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		<category>Acceptance</category>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>foxtrot on a moonlit night</title>
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		<dc:creator>anstey</dc:creator>
		<category>Acceptance</category>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>Freedom</title>
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		<dc:creator>anstey</dc:creator>
		<category>Acceptance</category>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>Gethsemane</title>
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		<description>you ask me, with your green eyesteary to stay with you for just a few momentsuntil you fell asleep

i promised, then fell asleep

when you woke me upyou were angry,&quot;I asked you to do one thingand you can't do it for me?&quot;

&quot;I am so sorry.I love you.&quot;

you rolled overand let out a long breath</description>
		<dc:creator>anstey</dc:creator>
		<category>Acceptance</category>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>Heaven</title>
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		<description>three blocks downthe icecream truckdriverrevs his enginethen starts the musicI hand out 4$</description>
		<dc:creator>anstey</dc:creator>
		<category>Acceptance</category>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>in and out of love</title>
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		<dc:creator>anstey</dc:creator>
		<category>Acceptance</category>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>insanity</title>
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		<description>semi-true</description>
		<dc:creator>anstey</dc:creator>
		<category>Acceptance</category>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>kharma and grace</title>
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		<dc:creator>anstey</dc:creator>
		<category>Acceptance</category>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>Listening when you tell me what I don't want to hear</title>
		<link>https://dev.shakespearesmonkeys.com/article-3641-listening-when-you-tell-me-what-i-don-t-want-to-hear</link>
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		<dc:creator>anstey</dc:creator>
		<category>Acceptance</category>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>obsession</title>
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		<description>.. i mean it in the dark way</description>
		<dc:creator>anstey</dc:creator>
		<category>Acceptance</category>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>secrets from a perfect wife</title>
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		<description>her hair falls across her left cheeki move it out of the wayand kiss herfirst by her earthen the corner of her mouth

she almost wakes upi stop and roll over</description>
		<dc:creator>anstey</dc:creator>
		<category>Acceptance</category>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>shoulders</title>
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		<description>you stood bare shouldersto me as you removed your braand set the alarm clock

i trace your bodywith my eyes, from your armsalong the curve to the nape of your neckwhere the kisses accumulate

along your shouldersunder your hairdown your spineto your waist 

at your hipsi stop

to imagine how my handswill fit therewhen I pull you close

and rest my cheek on your shoulderand whisper the story of our lovein a loud hush of laughs and secretsnot shared because there is no languagefor them.

when you kiss mefirst on my chinthen down my neck to my chest

 ... more  </description>
		<dc:creator>anstey</dc:creator>
		<category>Acceptance</category>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>singing birthday songs</title>
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		<description>we really sing all these songs at every birthday</description>
		<dc:creator>anstey</dc:creator>
		<category>Acceptance</category>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>tasting immortality</title>
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		<description>... rough draft for sure</description>
		<dc:creator>anstey</dc:creator>
		<category>Acceptance</category>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>Upon Cobblestone Streets</title>
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		<dc:creator>anstey</dc:creator>
		<category>Acceptance</category>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>why the universe is this way</title>
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		<dc:creator>anstey</dc:creator>
		<category>Acceptance</category>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>winter</title>
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		<dc:creator>anstey</dc:creator>
		<category>Acceptance</category>
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