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        <title><![CDATA[Stories by maurice blocker on Medium]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[I KILLED ME]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[<div class="medium-feed-item"><p class="medium-feed-image"><a href="https://medium.com/@mauriceblocker/i-killed-me-cf22258b443a?source=rss-b5b925370b49------2"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/600/0*WHXxO43XnQG94JD9.jpeg" width="600"></a></p><p class="medium-feed-snippet">I watched myself dying. Seeing oneself die, gasping for air with a pool of blood forming underneath, felt odd. I should note by myself, I&#x2026;</p><p class="medium-feed-link"><a href="https://medium.com/@mauriceblocker/i-killed-me-cf22258b443a?source=rss-b5b925370b49------2">Continue reading on Medium »</a></p></div>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 01 Nov 2023 18:36:55 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Lost Transmissions of Captain William Brinkman]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 23 May 2023 19:37:39 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[GOP — Guns Over People]]></title>
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Blood on your hands
Second Amendment law
It&#x2019;s all you care</p><p class="medium-feed-link"><a href="https://medium.com/@mauriceblocker/gop-guns-over-people-6ec9f70b29c5?source=rss-b5b925370b49------2">Continue reading on Medium »</a></p></div>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2022 12:33:37 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[America Wasteful… no.2]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[<div class="medium-feed-item"><p class="medium-feed-image"><a href="https://medium.com/@mauriceblocker/america-wasteful-no-2-600cc2cdef6b?source=rss-b5b925370b49------2"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/960/1*0ljprxW8jxXwG_mKHqk4LA.jpeg" width="960"></a></p><p class="medium-feed-snippet">Malnourished America&#x200A;&#x2014;&#x200A;A Poem</p><p class="medium-feed-link"><a href="https://medium.com/@mauriceblocker/america-wasteful-no-2-600cc2cdef6b?source=rss-b5b925370b49------2">Continue reading on Medium »</a></p></div>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2022 19:27:59 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[KILLER KID]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[<div class="medium-feed-item"><p class="medium-feed-image"><a href="https://medium.com/@mauriceblocker/killer-kid-ad3115562a4f?source=rss-b5b925370b49------2"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*7erXuSmZjYO068-lY-Rpag.jpeg" width="1024"></a></p><p class="medium-feed-snippet">The boy is twelve. The man raped his mother and shot his dad. He was eleven two weeks before. He was happy with two happy parents and a&#x2026;</p><p class="medium-feed-link"><a href="https://medium.com/@mauriceblocker/killer-kid-ad3115562a4f?source=rss-b5b925370b49------2">Continue reading on Medium »</a></p></div>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2021 16:19:19 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Parking Lot]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2021 16:37:45 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Black Man Cometh]]></title>
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Street talks
Point
It&#x2019;s a black man
Eyes gawk</p><p class="medium-feed-link"><a href="https://medium.com/@mauriceblocker/black-man-cometh-5c6934b7d977?source=rss-b5b925370b49------2">Continue reading on Medium »</a></p></div>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2021 22:32:22 GMT</pubDate>
            <atom:updated>2021-06-07T22:32:22.982Z</atom:updated>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sleepness Nights]]></title>
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Mind a wonder
Dangerous thoughts
Come to plunder</p><p class="medium-feed-link"><a href="https://medium.com/@mauriceblocker/sleepness-nights-2e45053a1afc?source=rss-b5b925370b49------2">Continue reading on Medium »</a></p></div>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2021 22:32:19 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Shot With Love]]></title>
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But I&#x2019;m going to give it a try.
My words are a kill zone.
If you&#x2019;ve read that line.
You&#x2019;ve been shot.</p><p class="medium-feed-link"><a href="https://medium.com/@mauriceblocker/shot-with-love-fccdbe49d915?source=rss-b5b925370b49------2">Continue reading on Medium »</a></p></div>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2021 22:32:32 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[I AM not SORRY]]></title>
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When it&#x2019;s backwards.
Words come forward,
meaning in reverse.</p><p class="medium-feed-link"><a href="https://medium.com/illumination/i-am-not-sorry-483d22e745c4?source=rss-b5b925370b49------2">Continue reading on ILLUMINATION »</a></p></div>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2021 23:49:11 GMT</pubDate>
            <atom:updated>2021-04-22T23:49:11.659Z</atom:updated>
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