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		<title>To my good friend&#8230;she knows who she is&#8230;.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 04:56:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am praying for you the following: Please open her eyes and mind.  Allow her to see, not only your love for her, but your awesome creative power.  Remove the blinders that keep her from gazing upon herself as a being created in your image, Oh God.  And destroy the evil spirits that blind her [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dearstruggler.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7207901&amp;post=753&amp;subd=dearstruggler&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Marathon</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 05:19:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What a grueling race With blistered feet My spirit spirit long ago Relented And abandoned the sprint Noticing that those Who burned the brightest And drew the attention Of the givers of platitudes Had also burned quickly Yet I long for perseverance The power to stay in the race Strengthen me I plead I am [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dearstruggler.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7207901&amp;post=752&amp;subd=dearstruggler&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Creator</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 05:11:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Looking at everything And seeing nothing. Peering through the microscope At wonders, complex Efficient, purposeful And standing, awestruck In the dessert Gazing wide-eyed. Heavenly bodies Billions upon billions And galaxies, Distances, too great to ponder. And like The fools that we are, We bow to our own idol And pay it homage As if, as [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dearstruggler.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7207901&amp;post=750&amp;subd=dearstruggler&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The beggar</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Nov 2011 04:17:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[He stands or maybe he slouches At the off ramp Next to the stop sign I try my my best evasive action Casting my eyes elsewhere &#8220;Don&#8217;t look! Don&#8217;t look!&#8221; So filthy Ragged clothes&#8230;matted hair He reeks of alcohol and urine I&#8217;m sure of it. And that tattered cardboard sign Something about food and homeless [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dearstruggler.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7207901&amp;post=748&amp;subd=dearstruggler&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 04:22:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Encode my heart With the compelling word That leaves no choice With a belief Transcending The cheering of the arena Going beyond mere facades I want to know their pain And cool their burning tongues Soothing them with The consuming fire And when I see them Right in the midst Of their refuse filled filth [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dearstruggler.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7207901&amp;post=745&amp;subd=dearstruggler&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 03:27:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Evil It lurks Searching, Hungry for its prey Salivating, anticipating Stalking And finally devouring Meanwhile, The hunted scoff &#8220;There is no destroyer! We are here and There is no reason. It&#8217;s all in the numbers. Rejoice! Relax! We answer to no one!&#8221; But we pray, &#8220;Open our eyes! Restore our vision! Remove the obstructions! Open [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dearstruggler.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7207901&amp;post=741&amp;subd=dearstruggler&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Foolishness of God</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Oct 2011 04:03:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I knew Deep inside me Where my hidden thoughts lie I knew When I gazed at created things I knew When I surveyed your pain And your burden I knew Yet I turned Like a soldier Promptly on command About face And the lie Oh that vicious lie Disguised And concealed to masquerade And the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dearstruggler.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7207901&amp;post=739&amp;subd=dearstruggler&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Desperate prayers</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 04:01:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The battle rages on. I long for rest. I dream of fine linens when I sleep but I know the ugly truth about me. I have to ask, and I often do, why would you love a man like me? Oh the gulf, the mighty span between you and who I am. Why would you [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dearstruggler.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7207901&amp;post=736&amp;subd=dearstruggler&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Feelings</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2011 04:23:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I sing But the melody Is not on my heart! I pray Oh so fervently But I wonder, Is anyone listening. I ponder deeply The pain Of the young father. I embraced him Just today And had no words of comfort. Just my tears A brief touch Man to man. And then I look inside [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dearstruggler.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7207901&amp;post=734&amp;subd=dearstruggler&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fear Not!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Dec 2010 05:07:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don’t know if you’re like me or not, but I sometimes find myself viewing my shortcomings as though they were each independent acts. Like a truck pulls out in front of me on Highway 34, and I blow the horn and shake my fist at him (and maybe add an unkind word or two), [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dearstruggler.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7207901&amp;post=731&amp;subd=dearstruggler&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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