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            <title><![CDATA[Moons Early Light]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ellis]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 11 Jan 2022 15:12:38 GMT</pubDate>
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            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<h4>Haiku</h4><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*g73c5W-EXqIcGmd0WqJCIg.jpeg" /><figcaption>Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@avilli?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText">Alexandra Vozvyshaeva</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com/s/photos/blue-moon?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText">Unsplash</a></figcaption></figure><blockquote>On a moonlit night</blockquote><blockquote>The shadows play in the street</blockquote><blockquote>Blackened boys turn blue</blockquote><img src="https://medium.com/_/stat?event=post.clientViewed&referrerSource=full_rss&postId=150361314111" width="1" height="1" alt="">]]></content:encoded>
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            <title><![CDATA[Pillars of Salt & Sand]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ellis]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 28 Dec 2021 18:03:06 GMT</pubDate>
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            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Haiku</p><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*LlpNNpnldc7XyxC58wtK9g.jpeg" /><figcaption>Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@whoisdenilo?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText">Who’s Denilo ?</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com/s/photos/ruins?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText">Unsplash</a></figcaption></figure><blockquote>Empires lay ruined</blockquote><blockquote>By kings with iron fists that</blockquote><blockquote>Rusted over time</blockquote><img src="https://medium.com/_/stat?event=post.clientViewed&referrerSource=full_rss&postId=9d88d0276304" width="1" height="1" alt="">]]></content:encoded>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Forest through the Trees]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ellis]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 28 Dec 2021 15:58:29 GMT</pubDate>
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            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<h4>Haiku</h4><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*AlUrlj5dEKOWT6dXuQwyzw.jpeg" /><figcaption>Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@kristapsungurs?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText">Kristaps Ungurs</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com/@josheddens/likes?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText">Unsplash</a></figcaption></figure><blockquote>The closer I stare</blockquote><blockquote>Unto this path the less I</blockquote><blockquote>Know my way around</blockquote><img src="https://medium.com/_/stat?event=post.clientViewed&referrerSource=full_rss&postId=b35878d0ec88" width="1" height="1" alt="">]]></content:encoded>
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            <title><![CDATA[Identity Crisis pt.2]]></title>
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            <category><![CDATA[insecurity]]></category>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ellis]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2021 19:53:22 GMT</pubDate>
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            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<h3>Identity Crisis II</h3><h4>Haiku</h4><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*mJ1c5UkLPx-x64lRUCWCIg.jpeg" /><figcaption>Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@mihaiteslariu0?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText">Teslariu Mihai</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com/t/experimental?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText">Unsplash</a></figcaption></figure><blockquote>What&#39;s become of me</blockquote><blockquote>A man tethered to a world</blockquote><blockquote>That hates who he is</blockquote><img src="https://medium.com/_/stat?event=post.clientViewed&referrerSource=full_rss&postId=f7f9b88ad423" width="1" height="1" alt="">]]></content:encoded>
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            <title><![CDATA[Identity Crisis]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2021 18:46:35 GMT</pubDate>
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            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<h4>Haiku</h4><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*WxYLOuB04ibsgkIm3UXrAA.jpeg" /><figcaption>Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@alexiby?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText">Alex Iby</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com/@josheddens/likes?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText">Unsplash</a></figcaption></figure><blockquote>At what point is my</blockquote><blockquote>Face bare enough to show my</blockquote><blockquote>Natural makeup</blockquote><img src="https://medium.com/_/stat?event=post.clientViewed&referrerSource=full_rss&postId=64e247549c4c" width="1" height="1" alt="">]]></content:encoded>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Mouse and the Elephant]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ellis]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2021 21:53:51 GMT</pubDate>
            <atom:updated>2021-10-28T21:53:51.594Z</atom:updated>
            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<h4>Haiku</h4><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*OWvVe3JhfPmpbnbO81LiLw.jpeg" /><figcaption>Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@bist31?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText">Birger Strahl</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com/?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText">Unsplash</a></figcaption></figure><blockquote>Volition is the</blockquote><blockquote>Might of the mouse when in front</blockquote><blockquote>Of an elephant</blockquote><img src="https://medium.com/_/stat?event=post.clientViewed&referrerSource=full_rss&postId=4f50ccd9ab30" width="1" height="1" alt="">]]></content:encoded>
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            <title><![CDATA[Final Frontier]]></title>
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            <category><![CDATA[wonder]]></category>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ellis]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2021 20:47:47 GMT</pubDate>
            <atom:updated>2021-10-28T20:47:47.301Z</atom:updated>
            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<h4>Haiku</h4><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*xD2mCk0DBjyV6PRLUqZ82A.jpeg" /><figcaption>Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@grakozy?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText">Greg Rakozy</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com/s/photos/planet?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText">Unsplash</a></figcaption></figure><blockquote>Beams of light shining</blockquote><blockquote>As if the whole universe</blockquote><blockquote>Is watching above</blockquote><img src="https://medium.com/_/stat?event=post.clientViewed&referrerSource=full_rss&postId=f706466df20f" width="1" height="1" alt="">]]></content:encoded>
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            <title><![CDATA[Centuplicate]]></title>
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            <category><![CDATA[100]]></category>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ellis]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2020 23:12:43 GMT</pubDate>
            <atom:updated>2021-10-28T17:27:15.773Z</atom:updated>
            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<h4>Haiku</h4><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*G8zW2JRCRv857sjFzAVkWQ.jpeg" /><figcaption>Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@hubiita?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText">Romina BM</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com/s/photos/crumpled-paper?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText">Unsplash</a></figcaption></figure><blockquote>Haiku, an art form</blockquote><blockquote>Practiced one hundred times yet</blockquote><blockquote>Still unperfected</blockquote><img src="https://medium.com/_/stat?event=post.clientViewed&referrerSource=full_rss&postId=f6dd252311d8" width="1" height="1" alt="">]]></content:encoded>
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            <title><![CDATA[Dust to Dust]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ellis]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2020 23:16:01 GMT</pubDate>
            <atom:updated>2020-11-01T23:16:01.315Z</atom:updated>
            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<h4>Haiku</h4><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*ccUI2yBtBHevGObeC_0IJQ.jpeg" /><figcaption>Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@sippakorn?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText">sippakorn yamkasikorn</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com/@josheddens/likes?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText">Unsplash</a></figcaption></figure><blockquote>In great irony</blockquote><blockquote>We suffocate the lungs that</blockquote><blockquote>Breath us into life</blockquote><img src="https://medium.com/_/stat?event=post.clientViewed&referrerSource=full_rss&postId=57cae9ffbf66" width="1" height="1" alt="">]]></content:encoded>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ashes to Ashes]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ellis]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2020 22:32:12 GMT</pubDate>
            <atom:updated>2020-11-01T22:32:12.506Z</atom:updated>
            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<h4>Haiku</h4><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*XXWB-_FSgpqz-QObNdpRdA.jpeg" /><figcaption>Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@thematthoward?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText">Matt Howard</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com/@josheddens/likes?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText">Unsplash</a></figcaption></figure><blockquote>Self-Immolation</blockquote><blockquote>Earths last hope to cure itself</blockquote><blockquote>From humans disease</blockquote><img src="https://medium.com/_/stat?event=post.clientViewed&referrerSource=full_rss&postId=3e62e4647475" width="1" height="1" alt="">]]></content:encoded>
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