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	<title>Poems In The Basement</title>
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		<title>04. the death of may</title>
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		<description> we drove through may.

we were always driving.



In Tennessee we stopped

needing more gas 
 you paid while I

spoke lightly of marriage 
 you scoffed



and we kept driving

as if the death of may

followed us. </description>
		<dc:creator>Jasmine Mann</dc:creator>
		<category>Poems In The Basement</category>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 04:34:37 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>10. fall from grace</title>
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		<description> you called yourself a fallen angel 
 at noon we pulled into the parking lot

the gray from the clouds hung in the air

gouging deeply, much like the baggage

that had settled itself under your eyes 
 spitting on the ground you

uttered something about

your &quot;Divine Right&quot; 
 so we went in 
 through the silent prayers

the sun cast a red glow about you

from the stained glass



you spewed obscenities to those

God-fearing men

and we were ushered away

while i murmured apologies 
 you laughed

and called yourself

their messiah, the savior

a fallen

angel  ... more  </description>
		<dc:creator>Jasmine Mann</dc:creator>
		<category>Poems In The Basement</category>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 04:25:39 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>07. you used to </title>
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		<description> you used to let me know

when you came



your back trembled and then

you would roll to your side



my hair between

your fingers



i would sigh

you'd zip up your jeans



and drink cold coffee

as i rolled to my side



the sheets between

my fingers </description>
		<dc:creator>Jasmine Mann</dc:creator>
		<category>Poems In The Basement</category>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 04:20:18 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>11. empty</title>
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		<description>Updated. What do you think?</description>
		<dc:creator>Jasmine Mann</dc:creator>
		<category>Poems In The Basement</category>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 04:14:15 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>01. clay  </title>
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		<description>it's funny how in texas we don't have basementsthe ground is too softtoo full of clay

and it's funny how we laid together in your bedyour sheets smelled like sex,smelled like stale clay

but you said my skin was too softtoo full oflove

it's funny how in texas we don't have basements</description>
		<dc:creator>Jasmine Mann</dc:creator>
		<category>Poems In The Basement</category>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Aug 2008 03:37:09 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>02. vermont </title>
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		<description>i watched you undressin pale light, shoulders barethrough hotel curtains

i wrote poetry on your backsang into your hair as you sleptas you spoke cracked words

and in the morningsyou would take showers alonemy hands in your empty spot

vermont, you saidwe were going to vermont</description>
		<dc:creator>Jasmine Mann</dc:creator>
		<category>Poems In The Basement</category>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Aug 2008 03:37:09 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>03. your gray </title>
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		<description>we drove through God's country;you'd tease me about my pit stops,i'd tease you about your wobbly axel

and then we would make love in your backseat

the sex was awkward, at bestbut you promised me stars for a crowna skyline of green pine

our lives wrapped for miles in your haze

but the only thing i could seeheading up from the mountainswas a sky full of gray

a sky full of haze:your gray

yourhaze</description>
		<dc:creator>Jasmine Mann</dc:creator>
		<category>Poems In The Basement</category>
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