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		<description><![CDATA[i should have plenty of muse these days. after all, i reached the holy grail! i chased that thing that i thought i needed and that would define the next chapter of my life. and i caught it. see, isn&#8217;t it gorgeous? okay, now what? i&#8217;ve written at least three &#8220;first posts of the new [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jtwhitaker.com&amp;blog=15660783&amp;post=4047&amp;subd=jtwhitaker&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[at this point my eyes are wide open. too far maybe. and i see that cabin in the dark, the one surrounded by black mossy trees with boarded windows &#8211; charred &#38; rusty. the grey path glows under toe. maybe this metaphor is my mind&#8217;s way of projecting where i&#8217;ve been living the past two [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jtwhitaker.com&amp;blog=15660783&amp;post=3984&amp;subd=jtwhitaker&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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