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		<link>http://normanallan.com/blog/consciousness/797/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 00:08:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Norman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[this is for Jesus
this is for Jesus
caused nobody else is listening
Jesus by default
halfway to Calvary
waiting on the end of days
or the jackpot
that’s the Mona Lisa
inscrutable smile
ease of days
Grace
what passeth all understanding
but comforts my confusion
waiting on the end
for here are the empty nights
that follow the lonesome days
they cover the loathsome ways
of the enterprise
did the Lord give [...]]]></description>
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		<title>devoutly to be desired</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 11:39:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Norman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[devoutly to be desired
 
I.
“I’ve got it down
to a poignant tear or two” she said
but she lets the flood flow so easily
II.
river of life
it keeps flowing
it’s endless
they say
river of life
ocean of God?
you know those turtles
or elephants
that were all the way down
the wise speak
of an ever-present peace
and love
or bliss
as the conscious substance of the universe
the light
the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>it’s all about…</title>
		<link>http://normanallan.com/blog/moans/it%e2%80%99s-all-about%e2%80%a6/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Aug 2011 15:33:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Norman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[it’s all about…
heavy stilted words
for me and my friend
twisted metal words
like clumsy faux gargoyles
oh a few people celebrate us
we’ve a few fans
me despite my sulky sorrow
he despite his sulky anguish and rage
we didn’t rage the good night
we stumbled to bed and the grave
would you like a monument?
or you just laughing
pretending to laugh
at me
what tchew leave [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Slipping Between the Lines</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 15:04:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Norman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[moans]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Darrell Darnell]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Sliding Between the Lines
 
Today I got to slip between the pages. Just now, while I was speeding in the passing lane over the Bathurst viaduct, the black sports utility van inching past me on the inside got flagged down by a cop. For a moment I thought it was me.
Then at the corner, waiting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rambling words: a moan</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2011 16:43:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Norman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[moans]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rambling words: a moan
How empty like my life has become
vanished fantasies flooded
empty home
retired for the most part
pillar to post
walking the dog to bitter tears
worrying
for whatever reason
worrying
Jason’s gone
the last explorer
took the express over the edge of the world
only I remain
inside the doorless windowless
waiting for the goose
to let me out of the bottle
The neighbours look in
you alright [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wu</title>
		<link>http://normanallan.com/blog/dogs/wu/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Apr 2011 16:04:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Norman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[dogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[moans]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wu
 
there is nothing in this sketch book to be preserved
nothing of my life will be preserved
well trickles will pause through other minds
smudged and  smeared
on rare occasion
the dogs will pine

click on the pigeon to home



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		<title>a fine bouquet</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2011 03:12:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Norman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[a fine bouquet
there are those among us
whose experience is usually flawed
and those who don’t know it
having failed to save the world
I know I have failed
having failed to make a fortune
or even a secure living
I tread the abyss
on a bad day
and feel queasy even when the sun shines
looking beyond the hour
not trusting in Providence
I’d like to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Politically: a poem</title>
		<link>http://normanallan.com/blog/moans/politically-a-poem/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Dec 2010 01:14:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Norman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[moans]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[trivia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Politically
I can find no words nor pictures yet the sand runs
a cop leans against his car on this mainstreet evening
and I’m sure he wants to be either a good guy
or the meanest mother and probably a bit of both
I’m loath to return to the all coppers are rune
its just one of several defaults of theirs [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Later in the Annex</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Sep 2010 01:25:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Norman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[moans]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[stories]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
 
Bumped into Ian and Louie saying hello to Alan. “Two Alan’s,” said Ian, including me in this three way meeting, years, decades under the bridge. Is it eighteen years ago we hung out in the Future bakery? (Ian and Louie were young.) Alan says, yeah, he’s still playing rock and roll and doing odd [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Untitled: such a short time</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2010 02:08:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Norman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[dogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[moans]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[such a short time
and I&#8217;ve been so impatient
see the sun set the sun set
and my good friends and my true love
dissolved
and here&#8217;s this dog that&#8217;s been a dozen years with me
struggling for breath
and leaving me tomorrow (we&#8217;ve set the clock)
and yes I have a tear
and that too will dissolve
an so much and so much is [...]]]></description>
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