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        <title><![CDATA[Stories by Kirk Albert Alexander on Medium]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[THAT BROKEN thought]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 18 Jan 2024 21:10:39 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Are Somalian Pirates to Blame?]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 03 Aug 2023 15:53:51 GMT</pubDate>
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            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I don’t think so.</p><img src="https://medium.com/_/stat?event=post.clientViewed&referrerSource=full_rss&postId=fbb15ac3ca1b" width="1" height="1" alt="">]]></content:encoded>
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            <title><![CDATA[To look after a child is to look after humanity 
and to meditate is to be a temple of one]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 02 Apr 2023 14:04:19 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Happiness-free]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 08 Dec 2021 09:24:52 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Don’t Respect the Talent]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kirk Albert Alexander]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2021 21:35:59 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Have you seen this?]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2021 20:08:11 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[When My World is Burning]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 31 Jul 2021 15:29:06 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Changing My Mind]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2021 08:54:03 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[bike ride]]></title>
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&#xA0;set before the sun and the hazy hills sticking out amongst the pine trees&#x2019;
I can no longer think about&#x2026;</p><p class="medium-feed-link"><a href="https://kirkalbertalexander.medium.com/bike-ride-8b3c176b4e0d?source=rss-307ae35ba3ed------2">Continue reading on Medium »</a></p></div>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2021 21:32:08 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[But What Happened]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kirk Albert Alexander]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2021 03:59:30 GMT</pubDate>
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