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            <title><![CDATA[No sort of miracle]]></title>
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Waiting for me in heaven
With a knife behind his back</p><p class="medium-feed-link"><a href="https://blitheanderson.medium.com/no-sort-of-miracle-aab4505a6eef?source=rss-f85ca416a218------2">Continue reading on Medium »</a></p></div>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 07 Aug 2024 19:20:12 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Celia]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 21 Apr 2024 19:28:59 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Theory of Dog Scratches]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2023 16:27:14 GMT</pubDate>
            <atom:updated>2023-01-20T18:39:30.737Z</atom:updated>
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            <title><![CDATA[Run]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2022 18:03:53 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Stomping Ground]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2020 01:18:49 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The World of Sensations]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2020 12:51:14 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Strangers and the Little Ants]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2020 13:34:49 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[God, Meet Me in the Beer Aisle]]></title>
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God, meet me in the beer aisle
He never showed
Because God isn&#x2019;t the one standing between me and
Destruction
No one is
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            <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2020 02:33:34 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Rebirth]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2020 23:53:49 GMT</pubDate>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2020 23:56:04 GMT</pubDate>
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