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		<title>You&#8217;ll find no Sympathy Here</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2013 19:57:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#160; &#160; I can&#8217;t feel sorry for a sorry state I look in your eyes and see such hate Disguised as justice, but it&#8217;s really redemption Why should i feel so sorry for you, when you just judge another that has less You&#8217;ll find no sympathy here There is no love lost One day you&#8217;ll see Just [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Standing in the Shade</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2012 21:25:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#160; &#160; &#160; Quietly progressing all of my days Setbacks happen but they are but bumps in the road Perceptions cast upon you, you have to live with and overcome Perceptions are just opinions cast by uninformed people Used to undermine your progress So for once get out to the sunshine, because the shade hides [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Ignorance isn&#8217;t Bliss</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Sep 2012 16:44:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#160; &#160; &#160; Ignorance isn&#8217;t bliss It&#8217;s about as lovely as a kiss From your worse enemy Never been a friend to me Ignorance destroyed the world&#8217;s sanity Hurting lives like the pain of a cavity Like the sting from whips of the past Or the downfall that no Education has cast Riddled with bullets [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Outside my Window</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2012 17:24:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#160; &#160; Outside my window i smell the stench of poverty The belief that we are next to nothing or one in the same I see a man that thinks he&#8217;s nothing He thinks he&#8217;s revolutionary, a renaissance man He portrays the typical stereotype he was breed to follow Ignorance is his mantra He&#8217;s blind to the socioeconomic position he [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Lies become Truth</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2012 18:24:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Lead me not on the journey of Truth Tell me lies.Honesty is not Honest Fabrications as high as rooftops but not my roof, Lies are nothing but a word adjust: O my! Why do you feel pain? It is but words that leave you shaken; That truth will drive you to shame, Whose worth unknown, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Circles of Life and Love</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2012 16:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Once you start believing in self Your potential opens closed doors Actions manifest from words once spoken Life begins to complete the circle But the circle starts to bend and break It&#8217;s out of shape and forming a box Inside this box you&#8217;ve closed your mind Outside this box you&#8217;ve left your love Alas, you [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Smile in the Face of Ignorance</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tony Jefferson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jul 2012 00:46:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#160; &#160; &#160; In all my years of life, I’ve seen ignorance in different forms.  I’ve tried unsuccessfully to combat it, often fighting fire with fire. Now that I have a clearer understanding of this human condition, I just smile. Smiling has been one of the most successful defenses against perceived ignorance and the results [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Quarter-Life Crisis</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tony Jefferson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jul 2012 00:48:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#160; &#160; &#160; Many of us go through it both men and women, but I can only speak from a male’s point of view. This disaster that I am just now starting to recover from, this “Quarter-Life Crisis” is an essential point in a person’s life. It usually occurs in the mid 20’s, right around [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Bottle</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tony Jefferson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jul 2012 02:15:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#160; &#160; &#160; In my bottle lies the key to happiness At least I think…. I forgot somewhere down the road Probably after my 5th shot I’m feeling good In my bottle lies sex appeal When swag becomes class Or some misconstrued version of fashion Maybe I drank too much, naw never that Shit is [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Mourn Me Not</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tony Jefferson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jul 2012 01:08:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#160; &#160; &#160; Baby, you no longer have to cry the mourners cry My soul has transcended these earthly realms My heart no longer beats the pain of the broken hearted My body doesn’t feel the suffering I’ve experienced I wish you could see my smile It’s genuine I’m freed from the shackles of life [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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