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		<title>Beautiful Thoughts</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 04:51:42 +0000</pubDate>
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										</div>This post is a little random today. I include it because my sister Ellen quoted me a poem I wrote, which she sent back to me last week when I was feeling down. I was really touched by this and it cheered me up no end. The essence of the poem is that life is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Song of the Gamblin&#8217; Man</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 09:28:01 +0000</pubDate>
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										</div>On the train together Me and you My sweet daemon Heading to a distant land Me and you Oh to freedom Shifty hand You reappear When I least need you Shifting sands Are always near To what we do Days go by Then months and years You never call my name Then you tap Upon [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wake Up</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 08:51:55 +0000</pubDate>
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										</div>Livin on a warm floor Gettin no bed sores Taking time from drinkin Tryin to do some thinkin Livin in the slow lane Recession turns us all the same Governments are panicking Candlelights are flickering Wake up now and see somehow That the only thing you ever need Is keeping sweet the hand that feeds [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Perdition</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 06:18:52 +0000</pubDate>
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										</div>Its cold inside this heart of mine When drink and drugs are taken Its not a place for lovely days When good habits are forsaken Its hard to keep my mind on track When my chest is too quick beating My demeanour is not full of mirth And honest ways are fleeting Its not a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Only Human</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 00:23:33 +0000</pubDate>
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										</div>Stock takin Law makin Hold my balls they aint goin breakin Full Fakin Poise shakin Detoxed like a homeless drunk forsaken . Topless winkin Im sinkin Rethinkin all the words Im sayin Credits payin Dragon slayin Day out the night is all all along day in . Cant reach it Must teach it Feel the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Irish Soul</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 11:17:43 +0000</pubDate>
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										</div>The wild imaginings of the hot Irish soul Pause in quiet defiance Marvelling at the oblique slash Of Beauty That airplane streaks across The wide open sky The cathartic Setting sun . Soft lines mark the lull The deep recess where Coruscating consciousness collapses through Moments of sense The honey scent of your neck The [...]]]></description>
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