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			<title><![CDATA[ Killing Game... ]]></title>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 12pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt" lang="EN-US"><br>
                                               You lie broken,
<br>
                                               a contradiction,
<br>... ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ Arms Dealers. ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Arms dealers
<br>
breath stealers
<br>
as children they picked
<br>
the wings off insects
<br>
now they make a comfortable living
<br>
sanctioning rape and genocide.
<br>
<br>
Word wielders
<br>
death dealers
<br>
sanctioned by the powers that be
<br>
they live in the lap of luxury
<br>
supported by taxes and offshore blood money
<br>
mistresses dripping with bling
<br>
but something smells funny.
<br>
<br>
Well heeled rats
<br>
that have clawed their way up the ziggurat
<br>
the higher they... ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ Heart (for Darkwing) ]]></title>
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<p>Darkwing, I was touched by your psalm and the note of explanation. I hope your pain has been transformed into peacefulness.
<br>
<br>
<em>A Prayer for Heart
<br></em></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">H</span></strong>elp me to live
this day with Heart,</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in">to every... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 10:15:32 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Imagination&#39;s Wing ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ <br>
In rooms immeasurable
<br>
by reason and by rhyme
<br>
Accommodating Spirits
<br>
you will know in time
<br>
<br>
Suddenly appear In lucid dreams...
<br>
<br>
Awakening those places
<br>
where we continually grow
<br>
In unlimited connections
<br>
to the seeds that we sow
<br>
 
<br>
<br>
Rockin&#39; those passionate
<br>
choices of love
<br>
To our timeless hearts
<br>
fully aware of
<br>
<br>
Infinite connections within our worlds...
<br>
<br>
Revolving to re-loving
<br>
true colors... ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ Merry Christmas! ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ A Merry Christmas and a very happy new year to everyone here at Friendly Musings! ]]></description>

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			<author>feeds@yuku.com (Deathletter)</author>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Roger Badger. ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Roger Badger was a disaster,
<br>
steeped in fleas above the knees
<br>
- they made him itch, they made him sneeze.
<br>
Whenever other animals saw him coming
<br>
they took to the trees.
<br>
It was rumoured that even his fleas had fleas.
<br>
Roger, however, was blissfully unaware
<br>
of his social stigma
<br>
and simply thought the world
<br>
was a fairly empty place
<br>
although every now and then he thought
<br>
he saw a distressed face
<br>
peering at him from the bushs.
<br>
<br>... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 01:47:19 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Lament of a Pin-Up ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ <font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS">Here I hang
<br>
On your wall
<br>
Frozen in place
<br>
Surrounded by dollhouse settings
<br>
Pouting for the attention I craved
<br>
In days of innocent dares
<br>
To do handstands in my Sunday dress
<br>
And being scolded
<br>
For overexposure
<br>
<br>
Now I hang
<br>
Looking sensual
<br>
But not happy
<br>
I&#39;m shivering
<br>
White satin sheets
<br>
Do nothing
<br>
Just there as curtains
<br>
Drawn on a private show
<br>
<br>
A gaudy peacock feather... ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ My Immortal ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt"><font face="Calibri">My Immortal</font></p>

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<p><font face="Calibri"> </font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt"><font face="Calibri">I stand by your graveside</font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt"><font face="Calibri">With tears running down my face</font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt"><font face="Calibri">The pain is... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 18:20:30 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Temporary purity ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><strong><font size="5">Temporary purity</font></strong></p>

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<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><strong><font size="5">The once white snow is dirty grey.</font></strong></p>

<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><strong><font size="5">Churned into slush by passing feet,</font></strong></p>

<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:31:53 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Spotted Bones ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ <p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: &amp;#39;Trebuchet MS&amp;#39;; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Them
bones</span></p>

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bones</span></p>

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			<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:22:29 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Terrible Turkey ]]></title>
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  <p class="post-tags"><strong>Tags [<a class="edit" title="Edit" target="_blank" href="http://badgirlssaloon.yuku.com/forum/edittopic/id/2194?page=1" rel="nofollow">Edit</a>]:</strong> None</p>

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      <p style="mso-pagination: none" class="MsoNormal"><span style="language: EN; mso-ansi-language: EN">Hundreds of turkeys here on the farm,
      <br></span> <span style="language: EN; mso-ansi-language: EN">But one of them is causing me... ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ Sonnet to a Sadone! ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Sonnet to a Sadone</span></em></strong></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Oh callow Youngone, you&#39;ve debauched the... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 03:40:36 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ The autocrat ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ <p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><strong><font size="5">The Autocrat.</font></strong></p>

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<p><strong><font size="5"> </font></strong></p>

<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><strong><font size="5">History tells us Henry Tudor</font></strong></p>

<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><strong><font size="5"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>was a kind man but much
cruder.</font></strong></p>... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:40:08 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Stars bend over her small bed ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Stars bend over her small bed,
<br>
listen to her breathing slow.
<br>
Do you see the dreams behind
<br>
her gently-feathered eyes
<br>
- are they of a gentle kind?
<br>
<br>
Snow drifts down outside my window,
<br>
all the world is my soft pillow;
<br>
my thoughts are trees within a forest
<br>
frosted with glittering ice
<br>
- a fairyland in the dark night.
<br>
<br>
Listen to the winter slowly melting,
<br>
listen to the leaves unfurling
<br>
from new buds.
<br>
Listen to the flowers... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:43:32 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ The Value Of My Tears ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ <p>The Value Of My Tears
<br>
(My Husband Died)</p>

<p>My tears feel like big words
<br>
made to say with love to you</p>

<p>They come in sudden gushes
<br>
emotional and tenderly yours  </p>

<p>I have no reason to explain
<br>
never try to give any alibis</p>

<p>They lie there on my cheeks
<br>
the conversations lost to me</p>

<p>I whisper &quot;My husband died.&quot;
<br>
to honor the value of my tears</p>

<p>So that strangers nod and try
<br>
to smile through their own tears.</p>... ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ Mary and Sarah ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Mary of Bells
<br>
singing in the courtyard;
<br>
Mary of Shells
<br>
laughing by the seashore;
<br>
Mary of Silence
<br>
in the bird-haunted forest
<br>
Mary of Dreams;
<br>
I lay my head on your lap
<br>
Mary of Madness;
<br>
it is hard to distinguish
<br>
exhilaration from sadness;
<br>
Mary of Figures
<br>
I caught you counting daisies
<br>
- have you reached the edge of Heaven yet?
<br>
<br>
<br>
Sarah of Sorrows
<br>
searching for certainties
<br>
in melting yesterdays
<br>
and... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:36:41 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Farewell performance ]]></title>
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<p><strong><font size="5"> </font></strong></p>

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			<title><![CDATA[ Storm - Willowdown and trinimade ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ When the storm comes on her liquid wings
<br>
she is breathless and expectant,
<br>
full of passion and promise,
<br>
restless for activity and release,
<br>
burdened with the tensions of her journey
<br>
over mountain and sea,
<br>
proud and furious,
<br>
playful and wild
<br>
- where is the suitor to woo
<br>
and win this turbulent bride?
<br>
<br>
Heaven help the groom who tries to tame her,
<br>
Who can know what will bring her to her knees;
<br>
Maybe a wind with gusts to match her own,... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:50:02 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Partnership - trinimade and Willowdown ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Tell her that the years have been kind to her,
<br>
That there is still that sparkle in her eyes,
<br>
Tell her that shes lovely in the morning
<br>
That shell be lovely til the day she dies.
<br>
<br>
Dont tell her that she used to be good-looking,
<br>
Dont tell her that the neighbours looking fine,
<br>
Dont say that her ideas are old fashioned
<br>
Or that her viewpoints are hard to define.
<br>
<br>
Love&#39;s no gaudy bauble given lightly in youth
<br>
Thats tarnished with the passing... ]]></description>

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