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   <title>To: today</title>
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   <description>&lt;a href=&quot;https://newciv.org/nl/newslog.php/_v262/__show_article/_a000262-000020.htm&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://newciv.org/pic/nl/artpic-sm/262/000262-000020.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Category: Thoughts&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; hspace=&quot;20&quot; vspace=&quot;10&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;  alt=&quot;picture&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Blending the Medley&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;A top performer.&lt;br/&gt;More than meets the eye.&lt;br/&gt;Psychic Transformer.&lt;br/&gt;Optimus Spry.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Frequency modulator.&lt;br/&gt;Epiphic moderator.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Spinning the top.&lt;br/&gt;Setting the bottom.&lt;br/&gt;Painting the stop.&lt;br/&gt;Fall into Autumn.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Ohm, so you hear&lt;br/&gt;A female dear.&lt;br/&gt;J, a drop of &lt;br/&gt;Golden son.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Tick, tock. Tick, tock.&lt;br/&gt;Make-shift alarm clock.&lt;br/&gt;Now here can you run.&lt;br/&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://newciv.org/nl/newslog.php/_v262/__show_article/_a000262-000020.htm&quot;&gt;more &amp;gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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   <pubDate>Fri, 7 Nov 2003 02:38:26 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title>Note to Self</title>
   <link>https://newciv.org/nl/newslog.php/_v262/__show_article/_a000262-000018.htm</link>
   <description>&lt;img src=&quot;https://newciv.org/pic/nl/catpic/262/4.gif&quot; title=&quot;Category: Thoughts&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; hspace=&quot;20&quot; vspace=&quot;10&quot; alt=&quot;category picture&quot; /&gt;I am trapped fire&lt;br/&gt;Self-contained&lt;br/&gt;Unleashing myself upon you&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;I am an enigma&lt;br/&gt;Scatter-brained&lt;br/&gt;Oh what am I gonna do?&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;I see the light&lt;br/&gt;In, out, in, out&lt;br/&gt;A mission to misconstrue&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Smoke is a&#039;rising&lt;br/&gt;Staring woodenly at logs&lt;br/&gt;I breathe the whispers true&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Aiyee! Wake UP!&lt;br/&gt;If you steeped in sheets&lt;br/&gt;Use your head to clean off your shoe &lt;a href=&quot;https://newciv.org/nl/newslog.php/_v262/__show_article/_a000262-000018.htm&quot;&gt;more &amp;gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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   <pubDate>Thu, 6 Nov 2003 04:01:49 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title>The Soldier</title>
   <link>https://newciv.org/nl/newslog.php/_v262/__show_article/_a000262-000017.htm</link>
   <description>&lt;img src=&quot;https://newciv.org/pic/nl/catpic/262/4.gif&quot; title=&quot;Category: Thoughts&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; hspace=&quot;20&quot; vspace=&quot;10&quot; alt=&quot;category picture&quot; /&gt;I don&#039;t know what inspired me to write this poem all of a sudden. It is about a friend I once had. He returned to London after a few years of active service in the U.S. military. I saw him again about two months ago, for the first time in over a year. I lost him. I don&#039;t know if he&#039;ll find himself.&lt;br/&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://newciv.org/nl/newslog.php/_v262/__show_article/_a000262-000017.htm&quot;&gt;more &amp;gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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   <pubDate>Wed, 5 Nov 2003 02:43:01 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title>Meditating</title>
   <link>https://newciv.org/nl/newslog.php/_v262/__show_article/_a000262-000016.htm</link>
   <description>&lt;a href=&quot;https://newciv.org/nl/newslog.php/_v262/__show_article/_a000262-000016.htm&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://newciv.org/pic/nl/artpic-sm/262/000262-000016.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Category: Thoughts&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; hspace=&quot;20&quot; vspace=&quot;10&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;  alt=&quot;picture&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I was named Godfather to Benjamin Behrens Maurice Nault on Thursday, October 23, 2003. I am slightly overwhelmed; completely at a loss for words to express everything I am feeling. I can only try. I am struggling to grasp an entire array on new ideas and thoughts while plunging my being into an old perspective of innocence. Who am I? I am lost. I am not confident in who I am or I wouldn&#039;t be aware of my faults. Of course, this leads into an opening as to what I can do to change. However, I am so unsure of how to employ myself in this world to manage my debts and be clear of the past. Sometimes the things I say may SOUND intelligent, but I assure you, I have an outer dullard who is numb to this reality. But then, moments of clarity, shortly burning away as my awareness connects with something greater...</description>
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   <pubDate>Sun, 26 Oct 2003 05:39:43 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title>In Case of Emergency, Remember 911</title>
   <link>https://newciv.org/nl/newslog.php/_v262/__show_article/_a000262-000015.htm</link>
   <description>&lt;img src=&quot;https://newciv.org/pic/nl/catpic/262/4.gif&quot; title=&quot;Category: Thoughts&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; hspace=&quot;20&quot; vspace=&quot;10&quot; alt=&quot;category picture&quot; /&gt;A Universe divided.&lt;br/&gt;Two sides to hijacked planes.&lt;br/&gt;With three dimensions of the wreckage&lt;br/&gt;To tribute the insane.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Borne forth, it&#039;s time that you return,&lt;br/&gt;Embracing all your senses.&lt;br/&gt;I&#039;ve got five upon the sixes,&lt;br/&gt;Erasing the dementia.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Both our twins died on the pyre,&lt;br/&gt;Where the blinded raging crashes;&lt;br/&gt;And set the unaware on fire,&lt;br/&gt;Moving forward from the ashes.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Wake up! Arise! Realize!&lt;br/&gt;The moment is the season.&lt;br/&gt;Sit your ego in the back seat now,&lt;br/&gt;While I speak to your reason.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;The past encroaches on us now,&lt;br/&gt;Let&#039;s reclaim our innocence.&lt;br/&gt;Guilt is cleansed by love of life,&lt;br/&gt;Let the lies lay in past tense.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Made captive once within a word.&lt;br/&gt;An idea inside a frame.&lt;br/&gt;Yet freedom dwells throughout the core,&lt;br/&gt;Where we are all the same.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Are you aware of what you are?&lt;br/&gt;Or wonder who am I?&lt;br/&gt;Whose eyes do you drink in the flames through&lt;br/&gt;The bitter tears you cry?&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;I transcend ideas of nothing,&lt;br/&gt;Stripped bare without a form.&lt;br/&gt;Where all once was unified,&lt;br/&gt;We ride the eye of the storm.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;We&#039;re all in the well with the dreamer,&lt;br/&gt;Drawing up identity. &lt;br/&gt;I share with you these thoughts of mine,&lt;br/&gt;While focus here is lent to me.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Our purpose here is to create,&lt;br/&gt;Joy empowers what she sells.&lt;br/&gt;Ever since time here began,&lt;br/&gt;Hatching shells inside of shells.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Existence does in fact exist,&lt;br/&gt;In the presence of the now.&lt;br/&gt;As always, so it ever will.&lt;br/&gt;The question though is how?&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;If you wish to see the heavens,&lt;br/&gt;Just take this little pill.&lt;br/&gt;Luck will always turn up sevens,&lt;br/&gt;Once we&#039;ve journeyed up the hill.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;No one else can rescue you.&lt;br/&gt;Or save you from your cell.&lt;br/&gt;But those who care may help you there.&lt;br/&gt;Our sharing transforms hell.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Please do not go back to sleep,&lt;br/&gt;Before you fully wake.&lt;br/&gt;Eternal promises to keep.&lt;br/&gt;The future is at stake.&lt;br/&gt;</description>
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   <pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2003 02:17:37 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title>Gaze</title>
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   <description>&lt;a href=&quot;https://newciv.org/nl/newslog.php/_v262/__show_article/_a000262-000014.htm&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://newciv.org/pic/nl/artpic-sm/262/000262-000014.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Category: Inspiration&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; hspace=&quot;20&quot; vspace=&quot;10&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;  alt=&quot;picture&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The hidden watcher&#039;s eyes appear....</description>
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   <pubDate>Wed, 1 Oct 2003 19:36:49 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title>The Exchange</title>
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   <description>&lt;a href=&quot;https://newciv.org/nl/newslog.php/_v262/__show_article/_a000262-000013.htm&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://newciv.org/pic/nl/artpic-sm/262/000262-000013.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Category: Inspiration&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; hspace=&quot;20&quot; vspace=&quot;10&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;  alt=&quot;picture&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;In the twilight hour,&lt;br/&gt;The sun fell in love with the earth.&lt;br/&gt;A new day followed in their wake.</description>
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   <pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2003 15:46:59 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title>A Candle on the Rocks</title>
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   <description>&lt;a href=&quot;https://newciv.org/nl/newslog.php/_v262/__show_article/_a000262-000012.htm&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://newciv.org/pic/nl/artpic-sm/262/000262-000012.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Category: Inspiration&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; hspace=&quot;20&quot; vspace=&quot;10&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;  alt=&quot;picture&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Profit&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;If I could sell my thoughts,&lt;br/&gt;To your understanding,&lt;br/&gt;I&#039;d will to build you a bridge.&lt;br/&gt;If I could sell my vision,&lt;br/&gt;To your awareness,&lt;br/&gt;I&#039;d will to light up the dark.&lt;br/&gt;If I could sell my sense,&lt;br/&gt;To your reason,&lt;br/&gt;I&#039;d will that all was made clear.&lt;br/&gt;If I could sell my love,&lt;br/&gt;To your heart,&lt;br/&gt;I&#039;d will that you suffer no more.&lt;br/&gt;If I could sell you anything at all,&lt;br/&gt;I&#039;d sell you my self,&lt;br/&gt;And hope that you would care. &lt;a href=&quot;https://newciv.org/nl/newslog.php/_v262/__show_article/_a000262-000012.htm&quot;&gt;more &amp;gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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   <pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2003 14:29:35 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title>Centering The Eye</title>
   <link>https://newciv.org/nl/newslog.php/_v262/__show_article/_a000262-000011.htm</link>
   <description>&lt;a href=&quot;https://newciv.org/nl/newslog.php/_v262/__show_article/_a000262-000011.htm&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://newciv.org/pic/nl/artpic-sm/262/000262-000011.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Category: Inspiration&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; hspace=&quot;20&quot; vspace=&quot;10&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;  alt=&quot;picture&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Real Eyes&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;I have real eyes&lt;br/&gt;Dimension I see&lt;br/&gt;Upon the planes&lt;br/&gt;In time.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Real eyes&lt;br/&gt;My senses see&lt;br/&gt;Aware on the planes&lt;br/&gt;My reason.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Real eyes&lt;br/&gt;Beauty I see&lt;br/&gt;Shares dimension with sense&lt;br/&gt;And love.&lt;br/&gt; </description>
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   <pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2003 01:06:10 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title>The Subject</title>
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   <description>&lt;a href=&quot;https://newciv.org/nl/newslog.php/_v262/__show_article/_a000262-000010.htm&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://newciv.org/pic/nl/artpic-sm/262/000262-000010.jpg&quot; title=&quot;Category: Inspiration&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; hspace=&quot;20&quot; vspace=&quot;10&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;  alt=&quot;picture&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I was attempting to draw something else when I started. Perhaps I will paint it instead.</description>
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   <pubDate>Sun, 28 Sep 2003 17:53:20 GMT</pubDate>
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