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            <title><![CDATA[The Luggage Claim Room]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[<div class="medium-feed-item"><p class="medium-feed-image"><a href="https://medium.com/the-rhyming-poets/the-luggage-claim-room-ae3a6df3430d?source=rss-6a4348f8cbd0------2"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/2600/0*eqgk4DmUfNmRh0Vm" width="2784"></a></p><p class="medium-feed-snippet">A big room for luggage carousels.&#xA0;
Little patience from tired travelers.&#xA0;
Waiting for announcements the speaker says.
For their stuff&#x2026;</p><p class="medium-feed-link"><a href="https://medium.com/the-rhyming-poets/the-luggage-claim-room-ae3a6df3430d?source=rss-6a4348f8cbd0------2">Continue reading on The Rhyming Poets »</a></p></div>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 10 Sep 2023 09:33:38 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Small Seeds of Hypothesis]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[<div class="medium-feed-item"><p class="medium-feed-image"><a href="https://medium.com/the-rhyming-poets/small-seeds-of-hypothesis-d621b5537ff9?source=rss-6a4348f8cbd0------2"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/2600/0*ndqyTnK_8k77H6Cp" width="4800"></a></p><p class="medium-feed-snippet">The clouds are a little higher&#xA0;
than the top of the buildings.&#xA0;
Small drops of rain&#xA0;
messing up people&#x2019;s feelings.</p><p class="medium-feed-link"><a href="https://medium.com/the-rhyming-poets/small-seeds-of-hypothesis-d621b5537ff9?source=rss-6a4348f8cbd0------2">Continue reading on The Rhyming Poets »</a></p></div>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 07 Sep 2023 17:03:25 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[I Want More Troubles]]></title>
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in my daily work
to forget what really&#xA0;
troubles me.</p><p class="medium-feed-link"><a href="https://medium.com/the-rhyming-poets/i-want-more-troubles-97a1da10f0ce?source=rss-6a4348f8cbd0------2">Continue reading on The Rhyming Poets »</a></p></div>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 06 Sep 2023 19:09:23 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[A Day in the Suburbs]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[<div class="medium-feed-item"><p class="medium-feed-image"><a href="https://medium.com/the-rhyming-poets/a-day-in-the-suburbs-182657bfb4e3?source=rss-6a4348f8cbd0------2"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/2600/0*xIPX0oPn-hi-YKEU" width="4912"></a></p><p class="medium-feed-snippet">Today I woke up,
when my body chose&#xA0;
to wake up.</p><p class="medium-feed-link"><a href="https://medium.com/the-rhyming-poets/a-day-in-the-suburbs-182657bfb4e3?source=rss-6a4348f8cbd0------2">Continue reading on The Rhyming Poets »</a></p></div>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 05 Sep 2023 18:03:49 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[A Sunday Downtown]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[<div class="medium-feed-item"><p class="medium-feed-image"><a href="https://medium.com/the-rhyming-poets/a-sunday-downtown-659e6af083f9?source=rss-6a4348f8cbd0------2"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/2600/0*HR6MeVRpXo2CMB8B" width="3024"></a></p><p class="medium-feed-snippet">The sun blazing hot,&#xA0;
But not so hot for August.&#xA0;
The cars have been reduced a lot,&#xA0;
which I prefer if being honest.</p><p class="medium-feed-link"><a href="https://medium.com/the-rhyming-poets/a-sunday-downtown-659e6af083f9?source=rss-6a4348f8cbd0------2">Continue reading on The Rhyming Poets »</a></p></div>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 04 Sep 2023 13:41:57 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Lies I Tell Myself]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[<div class="medium-feed-item"><p class="medium-feed-image"><a href="https://medium.com/the-rhyming-poets/lies-i-tell-myself-5df8221215eb?source=rss-6a4348f8cbd0------2"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/2600/0*eYzQCC1aLvvSEdvb" width="6000"></a></p><p class="medium-feed-snippet">Every time I feel the walls are closing in,&#xA0;
and bombard myself
with sorrow and no guidance on where to begin,
I lie to myself.</p><p class="medium-feed-link"><a href="https://medium.com/the-rhyming-poets/lies-i-tell-myself-5df8221215eb?source=rss-6a4348f8cbd0------2">Continue reading on The Rhyming Poets »</a></p></div>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 29 Aug 2023 18:50:54 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Biggest Sinner]]></title>
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He profusely said.&#xA0;
Impacting his world was a lost cause.&#xA0;
At least, that&#x2019;s what he thought.&#xA0;
And&#x2026;</p><p class="medium-feed-link"><a href="https://medium.com/the-rhyming-poets/the-biggest-sinner-e20565f9665?source=rss-6a4348f8cbd0------2">Continue reading on The Rhyming Poets »</a></p></div>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 28 Aug 2023 13:56:21 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Mind-Piercing Footsteps]]></title>
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once more by the neighbor&#x2019;s child.
This morning I didn&#x2019;t curse.&#xA0;
For some reason it made me smile.</p><p class="medium-feed-link"><a href="https://medium.com/the-rhyming-poets/mind-piercing-footsteps-84fc946bd4ad?source=rss-6a4348f8cbd0------2">Continue reading on The Rhyming Poets »</a></p></div>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 27 Aug 2023 16:43:34 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[A Paradoxical Disappointment]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 25 Aug 2023 16:13:32 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[A Maroon Ceramic Pavement]]></title>
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boiling hot from summer&#x2019;s heat.&#xA0;
A green garden with grass and flowers,&#xA0;
a place for children to meet.</p><p class="medium-feed-link"><a href="https://medium.com/the-rhyming-poets/a-maroon-ceramic-pavement-e6a299b10336?source=rss-6a4348f8cbd0------2">Continue reading on The Rhyming Poets »</a></p></div>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 24 Aug 2023 14:33:22 GMT</pubDate>
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