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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Aug 2007 14:25:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#160; I live in forever damnation In a cell with no poss&#8217;ble escape, And yet I bathe in all elation For the love I cannot speak or name. He is the reason I chose to exist In a life of solitary confinement, He is the reason I am filled with bliss In spite of the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Aug 2007 13:43:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I walked out of the dark Only to look back and see That you were not there. I waited and waited and waited But I only waited in vain. I tried to reach out Hoping that you might reach out for me, too. But only the cold wind touched my hands. I called out your [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>To the Faithful Departed</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Aug 2007 13:16:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Grow Old With Me</title>
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		<title>Obsession</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Aug 2007 12:46:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#160; &#160; My name is Mary. An ordinary girl of working class background. I have just recently moved in this apartment building in London so I can be near the hospital where I worked. When I first came to England, I lived in the hospital&#8217;s dormitory where I endured boarding with noisy and sometimes untidy [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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