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	<title>Poems, Polemics, and Ponders</title>
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	<description>Poetry by Michael S. Slocum</description>
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		<title>(the color of the blood)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It might be over when the clouds catch fire It might be colder when you climb higher It might be (depends on the color of the blood) You could talk to me and I would hear You could cry with me and share your tears You could (depends on the color of the blood) Tantalizing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.michaelslocum.com/2010/12/the-color-of-the-blood/</link>
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		<title>Petals in the Breeze</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Every day the world revolves And carries you in its grasp Leaving another multiverse Alone, white and aghast Brightest embers burn Effervescent just the same The wind calling in rhyme- Each letter of your name Petals in the breeze Fragrant in the rain Ever calling in close whisper Never placing blackest blame Circles and chords [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.michaelslocum.com/2010/11/petals-in-the-breeze/</link>
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		<title>Virginia</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The birds and the breeze in the trees all pause And for a moment the world is silent Virginia has gone home Humming birds sense the change And they freeze in anticipation Who will watch us now? Butterscotch and bittersweet This hard candy is difficult to swallow And our Virginia impossible to follow A selfless [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.michaelslocum.com/2010/09/virginia/</link>
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		<title>A Spiral Galaxy and Depravity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Waves of light washing over me Andromeda strain and depravity Pulled to you by fate and rapidly The only girl in my galaxy Pulse and plenum Gravitational duodenum Pulled to you by fate and vapidly The only girl in my galaxy Shifting closer Spinning continuity Repelled and dense A common calamity Refuge from a tempestuous [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.michaelslocum.com/2010/07/a-spiral-galaxy-and-depravity/</link>
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		<title>76 Standard Solutions from Substance-Field Modeling (Theory of Inventive Problem Solving)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Theory of Inventive Probme Solving (TRIZ) contains a modeling approach known as Sunstance-Field Modeling (SFM). This modeling methodology contains a set of standard solutions known as the 76 Standard Solutions. A comprehensive set of the 76 Standard Solutions is contained here: 76 Standard Solutions You will need to be able to open a PDF [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.michaelslocum.com/2010/05/76-standard-solutions-from-substance-field-modeling-theory-of-inventive-problem-solving/</link>
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		<title>Anymore</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Take me places where the waters kiss the sand Holding my love in the palm of your hand There are no bitter tears In this forlorn and forsaken land But we haven’t got one anymore The water carried it from the shore Deep water and despair I see it sinking over there The sea salt [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.michaelslocum.com/2010/05/anymore/</link>
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		<title>Friend, Wife, and Mother</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Gifted and granted to each one of us We focus our love and admiration Today we honor her and the lofty goal She possesses God’s greatest station Selflessly she trades her life So that we may each obtain Everything we want or need And she pays the price with pain Longing after the best for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.michaelslocum.com/2010/05/friend-wife-and-mother/</link>
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		<title>Ancient Astronauts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There are many tales of gods in the historical narrative. There are also many technologies and artifacts that have been discovered that seem to predate their known development. Erich von Daniken proposes these facts may be explained by the visitation of aliens to various ancient civilizations. The Bible has another perspective. Take a look here: [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.michaelslocum.com/2010/05/ancient-astronauts/</link>
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		<title>Courage</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It comes without warning As the sun rises in the morning And as the sun heats the surface of the glass Do it now or it will pass The cracks shape your future The picture is no longer clear The jagged edge of latent fear Changes hope to regret each year While the glass is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.michaelslocum.com/2010/05/courage/</link>
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		<title>And the Thrill is Gone</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sing song wailing and the thrill is gone He wanted revenge but he knew it was wrong Temptation screaming his name in rhythm All alone on his death bed and prison Raven eyes pierce the night Black on black and cold as ice Trembling in anticipation Mumbling the curse of desecration Clutching hope in desperation [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.michaelslocum.com/2010/05/and-the-thrill-is-gone/</link>
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