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- "You’re A Good Man Joe" - Mary O 11:55:41 1/21/2002
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- "Humility and Love" - Mary O 11:52:47 1/21/2002
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- Nature fights back - jan oskar hansen 11:48:00 1/21/2002
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- Sweetly I Mellowed - Hope 11:00:28 1/21/2002
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- The Moon - Sara J. Crago 02:27:43 1/21/2002
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- stabbing infancy - anthonius maximus 01:31:04 1/21/2002
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- Hearts Do Mend - Sara J. Crago 00:00:13 1/21/2002
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- "Short Shot at Freedom" - Casper 22:54:03 1/20/2002
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- "I almost loved you..." - Michael C 22:08:19 1/20/2002
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- "Could Somebody...." - Dimon 21:15:51 1/20/2002
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- Overwhelming Me - Paul B. Geisert 16:06:39 1/20/2002
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- still om lone BABY - acount paused 09:20:30 1/20/2002
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- "One Shall Rise" - ShaiTung 21:15:44 1/19/2002
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- "Just Leave Me Alone" - Amanda 21:13:06 1/19/2002
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- "Hands" - ShaiTung 20:46:40 1/19/2002
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- "Blameless" - Dimon 18:34:38 1/19/2002
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- "Surrogate Sister" - RubyGlowFish 18:02:25 1/19/2002
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- a story of love - jan oskar hansen 14:36:13 1/19/2002
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- it's snowing now - Mike Baker 14:32:46 1/19/2002
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- I Am - Laura Dewey 13:06:28 1/19/2002
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- Re: I Am - Howard S. 23:17:31 1/20/2002
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- "Open Door" - Stone 12:23:46 1/19/2002
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- "Birthing Pains" - ShaiTung 11:49:22 1/19/2002
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- untitled - ted shindites 05:48:28 1/19/2002
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- maria's suicide - ted shindites 05:45:10 1/19/2002
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- Shy Ones - Sara J. Crago 03:32:25 1/19/2002
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- Eat, Drink, and Be Merry - John Yaws 01:41:25 1/19/2002
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- "Teach me the Cycle" - Brandi 01:38:11 1/19/2002
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- "butterfly net" - Jill Kostelecky 01:07:38 1/19/2002
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- Cloudy Daze - RJ 01:06:58 1/19/2002
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- Sarah - Will 00:06:17 1/19/2002
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- "locked in" - taintedpuppy 23:16:25 1/18/2002
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- "Fictitious Characters" - Hi-D 22:13:53 1/18/2002
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- "Falling In Love" - M 21:33:25 1/18/2002
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- "The Murder Of Fish" - Dimon 16:41:15 1/18/2002
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- In the channel of hunger the scarab - Sarah Torribio-Bond 15:54:42 1/18/2002
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- "I Don't Care" - Iceman17 14:13:50 1/18/2002
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- "Sinner" - Iceman17 14:02:20 1/18/2002
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- "Ordinary" - Iceman17 13:56:43 1/18/2002
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- "friday morning" - Jill Kostelecky 13:32:52 1/18/2002
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- the forrest beyond the trees - Mike Baker 12:42:38 1/18/2002
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- Having A Conversation - Hope 08:21:49 1/18/2002
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- "Mountains ,Hills and Valleys" - Howard S. 00:22:37 1/18/2002
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- Untitled - Inside 23:07:15 1/17/2002
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- "wave" - r.poor 22:23:38 1/17/2002
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- "bandages" - Jill Kostelecky 22:15:09 1/17/2002
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- "antiques and birth control" - Jill Kostelecky 22:06:24 1/17/2002
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- "Red Skies" - Ben 21:26:23 1/17/2002
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- Elephant Fall - Ben 21:19:29 1/17/2002
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- Lincoln Memorial - Haih 17:59:30 1/17/2002
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- My Life As A Boy - Mill Grey 17:58:05 1/17/2002
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- sleep - Mike Baker 14:25:47 1/17/2002
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- "boots" - r.poor 14:06:52 1/17/2002
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- doing this - bdus 13:36:42 1/17/2002
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- Fear And Loathing in Tunnelst - Sagittarius 13:26:39 1/17/2002
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- The Right Key - Jose A Zuniga 11:32:47 1/17/2002
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- Dear Kids...... - Free~Bird 11:20:26 1/17/2002
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- "I Am Here" - E. G. Gonzalez, Jr. 10:28:17 1/17/2002
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- "Be My Friend" - E. G. Gonzalez, Jr. 10:16:55 1/17/2002
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- "The Quiet Outside" - E. G. Gonzalez, Jr. 10:04:19 1/17/2002
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- Untitled - majikryde65 09:27:14 1/17/2002
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- "Where Love Lies" - De-Anna Hayward 08:03:11 1/17/2002
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- The Treasures Are Rare - Hope 06:52:30 1/17/2002
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- On This Great World - kamikazehileray 04:56:11 1/17/2002
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- "Time Wields the Needle" - L. Silverfox 01:50:58 1/17/2002
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- Who Cares? - NoBack 21:50:15 1/16/2002
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- Unheedings - kamikazehileray 21:46:00 1/16/2002
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- Ending In Haiku - Ryan Dennis 21:18:15 1/16/2002
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- "I didn't know what to call this.." - Tahala Avery 19:27:20 1/16/2002
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- Denying - Melodramatic 18:33:01 1/16/2002
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- Living with the end - Darrendreaming 17:58:12 1/16/2002
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- A Parking Space Does Life - Sdoic 17:21:17 1/16/2002
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- "Untitled, love" - RubyGlowFish 15:35:51 1/16/2002
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- What is the Product of Dissolution? - Mephitic ID Synergy 15:26:46 1/16/2002
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- "Lots" - Mephitic ID Synergy 15:24:54 1/16/2002
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- Vacation From Myself - Sara J. Crago 15:10:18 1/16/2002
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- The Law - Jose A Zuniga 15:05:28 1/16/2002
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- in loving memory of - jerome 14:46:47 1/16/2002
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- all things past the stop sign - mike Baker 14:10:59 1/16/2002
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- Singing Forest - Sara J. Crago 14:06:06 1/16/2002
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- old lady sitting - jan oskar hansen 13:00:55 1/16/2002
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- "A Worm’s Eye View" - Mary O 12:20:56 1/16/2002
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- jiminy cricket - shevonne 10:11:29 1/16/2002
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- "What Am I Doing?" - Marah 01:53:50 1/16/2002
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- "Consequence" - Mary O 01:30:02 1/16/2002
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- "When The Scars Bleed" - Celtic Princess 01:12:16 1/16/2002
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- "October Sunset, Mendocino, Ca." - carole lyn phoenix 23:55:50 1/15/2002
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- Paradise Lost and Happy Chance - Mary O 23:48:06 1/15/2002
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- Retribution - Jose A Zuniga 23:41:03 1/15/2002
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- "freight-train" - Jill Kostelecky 22:41:58 1/15/2002
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- Escape - Sara J. Crago 21:55:20 1/15/2002
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- Untouched - Majikryde65 21:22:21 1/15/2002
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- Hate or Shoah Maybe..... - Tahala Avery 19:46:14 1/15/2002
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- "Bear Tree" - CBMariel 19:44:29 1/15/2002
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- I've Moved On - Depressing Shadows 19:17:02 1/15/2002
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- You - Depressing Shadows 19:07:18 1/15/2002
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- Re: You - He 04:10:51 1/16/2002
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- Re: Re: You - Depressing Shadows 17:34:33 1/16/2002
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- Out There - Sara J. Crago 18:13:26 1/15/2002
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- give me one minute - joe 17:36:26 1/15/2002
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- I retain the rights to my work - Sarah Torribio-Bond 17:34:55 1/15/2002
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- Memories? - Melodramatic 17:29:04 1/15/2002
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- "The Devil Is Just A Silly Slut" - Paco Fish 16:44:00 1/15/2002
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- Empty Pocket - Gabrielle 16:02:50 1/15/2002
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- Close Range - Adrasteia 13:18:13 1/15/2002
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- The Unlucky Hero - jan oskar hansen 12:49:03 1/15/2002
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- I'm Always Searching - JF 12:44:31 1/15/2002
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- Moods - Sagittarius 12:32:36 1/15/2002
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- stab - Mike Baker 12:31:00 1/15/2002
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- The Mind Debates - Hope 08:53:59 1/15/2002
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- In My Dreams - John Yaws 02:15:38 1/15/2002
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- Love - Dash Wenger 23:42:36 1/14/2002
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- "Reesa" - Mija 23:07:38 1/14/2002
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- "Black" - Joseph Kasper 22:47:04 1/14/2002
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- "Moonlight" - Joseph Kasper 22:44:26 1/14/2002
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- "25" - Jill Kostelecky 22:01:07 1/14/2002
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- Re: "25" - reader 04:46:12 1/17/2002
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- Re: "25" - RubyGlowFish 19:31:45 1/15/2002
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- Re: "25" - carole lyn phoenix 09:11:18 1/15/2002
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- The Shot - JMF 20:13:54 1/14/2002
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- I saved my pennies for this - Ryan Dennis 20:11:47 1/14/2002
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- I saved my pennies for this - Ryan Dennis 20:11:05 1/14/2002
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- Human again - Inside 19:03:32 1/14/2002
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- Just Killin' Time - Ryan Dennis 18:01:16 1/14/2002
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- the intellectual barmaid - jan oskar hansen 13:24:18 1/14/2002
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- check yourself - shevonne 09:59:53 1/14/2002
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- Be Aware - Inside 08:32:02 1/14/2002
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- From the Smallest Acts of Kindness - Paul B. Geisert 07:05:14 1/14/2002
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- Looking At Stars - endymion 03:04:51 1/14/2002
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- "A Beautiful Story Of Courage" - Pink 03:00:47 1/14/2002
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- What Choice - crestfallen 00:11:56 1/14/2002
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- Triple Observation - alwaysearching 23:48:53 1/13/2002
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- Without A Goodbye - Hope 22:15:17 1/13/2002
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- "skylight hour" - christopher wolfe 20:41:53 1/13/2002
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- "Song Of A Dark Goddess" - Celtic Princess 18:10:02 1/13/2002
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- "Think" - standard 13:23:14 1/13/2002
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- "Her" - TheEnigma 13:12:27 1/13/2002
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- "Perfectly Untitled" - Adrienne 11:56:08 1/13/2002
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- the cricket club - juliet 08:31:39 1/13/2002
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- driftwood - melissa cash 08:09:52 1/13/2002
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- Bad Girl - Sagittarius 00:31:03 1/13/2002
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- "hotel dreams" - r.poor 23:42:43 1/12/2002
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- "Speaking" - standard 23:26:51 1/12/2002
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- The Book - Sagittarius 21:28:48 1/12/2002
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- Blue poker - wdambrosi 20:57:47 1/12/2002
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- "Is this love?" - standard 18:25:56 1/12/2002
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- I surrender - M. LeShell McKisick 18:10:42 1/12/2002
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- Some Dream - kamikazehileray 16:53:58 1/12/2002
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- Duplication Days - kamikazehileray 16:35:54 1/12/2002
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- Strange Tale of Meeting the One - Mystyblu 14:39:35 1/12/2002
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- "Adam's Splat" - Uzi Johnson 12:50:55 1/12/2002
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- "The American Dream" - psychiccat 08:45:10 1/12/2002
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- I Miss - alwaysearching 06:27:48 1/12/2002
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- "Swallow Hard" - Aurora 00:20:41 1/12/2002
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- Someday, Someway - Paul B. Geisert 23:31:59 1/11/2002
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- Counting Quarters With Red Cheeks - alwaysearching 23:17:27 1/11/2002
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- "rid" - Jill Kostelecky 22:53:25 1/11/2002
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- " My Story" - Gionna Elizabeth Martocci 22:06:16 1/11/2002
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- "Too Late" - Gionna Elizabeth Martocci 21:54:12 1/11/2002
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- Crossfire - Brian Kenneth Swain 18:00:23 1/11/2002
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- The Saddest Selfsadist - Alkaline Time 15:55:12 1/11/2002
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- "The Image That Haunts" - Celtic Princess 13:53:52 1/11/2002
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- Ice Bath - Free~Bird 13:15:13 1/11/2002
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- the Sandbank - jan oskar hansen 10:03:01 1/11/2002
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- The Eye of the Sun - Joseph Kasper 07:54:42 1/11/2002
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- "Boston Harbor" - RubyGlowFish 01:43:49 1/11/2002
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- Tears Flow From My Eyes - John Yaws 00:15:40 1/11/2002
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- Now That You Are Gone - John Yaws 00:09:49 1/11/2002
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- Anything But This - Pixie 22:40:31 1/10/2002
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- when the light changes - Mike Baker 22:39:55 1/10/2002
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- There is a quiet time - Mike Baker 22:32:15 1/10/2002
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- "Sonnet" - Black Widow 22:30:13 1/10/2002
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- "The Party's Over" - Howard S. 20:33:05 1/10/2002
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- Done - kamikazehileray 19:51:10 1/10/2002
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- Buried Down Deep Under - alwaysearching 17:45:36 1/10/2002
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- "In the Middle" - Unseen 17:43:30 1/10/2002
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- what is it - bucko 17:36:37 1/10/2002
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- TV - kamikazehileray 16:33:08 1/10/2002
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- The Way The Wind Blows - JF 15:13:55 1/10/2002
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- zen - jan oskar hansen 14:54:55 1/10/2002
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- the rat island - jan oskar hansen 14:26:36 1/10/2002
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- "Now and Later" - D. Xavier Bari 14:03:43 1/10/2002
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- "The Fire" - Scada 13:35:02 1/10/2002
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- "The Wound Never Will Heal" - r.poor 12:43:38 1/10/2002
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- Not Another Missing Girl" - Original Guy 12:15:48 1/10/2002
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- "They Will Reveal" - Stone 09:52:15 1/10/2002
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- First Grade - kamikazehileray 07:19:00 1/10/2002
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- "The Phoenix Rises" - shobha nayar pandit 04:58:01 1/10/2002
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- "How Long?" - Jeff S. Allen 04:49:22 1/10/2002
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- Together - Sagittarius 03:06:20 1/10/2002
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- Ruse for Comparison - Jose A Zuniga 00:43:03 1/10/2002
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- "What Fools are We" - L. Silverfox 00:26:17 1/10/2002
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- "done good' - r.poor 22:29:00 1/09/2002
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- Unclean - Anna Begins 22:07:22 1/09/2002
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- Loud Silence - RJ 21:51:44 1/09/2002
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- Because Of "D" - Smoqscreen 21:29:07 1/09/2002
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- Lifelong Mess - Melodramatic 17:00:48 1/09/2002
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- Torn - 12a63D-X 14:39:12 1/09/2002
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- Re: Torn - Inside 19:18:09 1/09/2002
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- "Piss Them Off" - Stone 14:09:43 1/09/2002
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- You'll Be The Bride Today - JMF 12:45:55 1/09/2002
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- Starting to Smile - Free~Bird 12:26:01 1/09/2002
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- I Can Feel An Angel... - JMF 11:55:55 1/09/2002
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- "death cannot overcome" - r.poor 11:46:20 1/09/2002
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- He Made His Teammates Better - JMF 11:07:18 1/09/2002
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- dating/game - shevonne 09:55:51 1/09/2002
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- "Come Sit With Me" - Howard S. 08:32:02 1/09/2002
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- Arrives - kamikazehileray 08:28:02 1/09/2002
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- the past is an old movie - jan oskar hansen 07:04:47 1/09/2002
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- "tailor-made parade" - visceral clench 07:02:50 1/09/2002
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- "no title" - Jeff S. Allen 04:14:25 1/09/2002
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- "I Can See" - Jeff S. Allen 04:12:47 1/09/2002
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- "Come to You" - Jeff S Allen 04:10:08 1/09/2002
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- Twisting 2 - kamikazehileray 03:58:28 1/09/2002
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- A Day - kamikazehileray 03:37:03 1/09/2002
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- "Story of a Room" - L. Silverfox 03:03:39 1/09/2002
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- "Investing in a Lie" - L. Silverfox 01:56:17 1/09/2002
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- "Punished for Your Past" - Nara 01:41:54 1/09/2002
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- Claytons - Inside 00:43:31 1/09/2002
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- Slow - Jose A Zuniga 00:10:19 1/09/2002
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- Father Proteus - CBMariel 23:41:38 1/08/2002
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- morning,then,morning again - Mike Baker 23:35:00 1/08/2002
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- heaven full of noise - CBMariel 23:18:27 1/08/2002
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- "never been a sinner" - Jill Kostelecky 23:10:14 1/08/2002
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- "sublime" - Jill Kostelecky 23:02:25 1/08/2002
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- If I could Only Live Up To My Name - denialismyname 20:44:00 1/08/2002
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- Ita always a good time for Poetry - Ryan Dennis 19:35:08 1/08/2002
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- "regardless of scorn" - visceral clench 16:55:11 1/08/2002
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- Endless Trend - Melodramatic 15:52:25 1/08/2002
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- Paint me a wednesday - jan oskar hansen 14:40:47 1/08/2002
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- Leafless Sky - Jose A Zuniga 14:22:23 1/08/2002
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- "A Conversation With An Angel" - Scada 13:32:01 1/08/2002
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- "in smoke" - r.poor 10:53:07 1/08/2002
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- "Rapture in Rejection" - ~§pyder~ 07:39:20 1/08/2002
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- Paint me a monday - jan oskar hansen 05:11:27 1/08/2002
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- Paint Me a Tuesday - jan oskar hansen 05:07:56 1/08/2002
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- And 2 - kamikazehileray 03:22:02 1/08/2002
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- reason - crestfallen 02:52:38 1/08/2002
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- Re: reason - kamikazehileray 03:15:24 1/08/2002
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- The Demon Whom I Gazed From Alcohol - kamikazehileray 02:36:41 1/08/2002
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- Psychoneurotica! - kamikazehileray 02:06:23 1/08/2002
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- I wish i never knew you - Zanni Ice 00:56:38 1/08/2002
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- The Party - kamikazehileray 00:51:03 1/08/2002
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- Pen Laying Dormant - Hope 00:20:46 1/08/2002
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- Death Again - kamikazehileray 00:17:53 1/08/2002
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- Some are lies - Inside 23:31:25 1/07/2002
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- The Truth Hurts - Jacob Lee Payne 23:14:44 1/07/2002
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- "Sword Of Love" - Howard Shreckengost 23:04:55 1/07/2002
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- Spells broken - Inside 21:38:28 1/07/2002
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- 68 mph on Highway 1 - Darrendreaming 21:13:33 1/07/2002
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- Out Of The Tears..... - Free~Bird 20:00:58 1/07/2002
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- "Conflict Management" - Young Nazz 17:55:39 1/07/2002
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- If This -Then? - Sara J. Crago 16:58:06 1/07/2002
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- Ham - Melodramatic 15:13:30 1/07/2002
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- Re: Ham - He 00:00:45 1/08/2002
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- Re: Ham - Malaboo 17:35:06 1/07/2002
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- "In Memory" - walrus 13:18:24 1/07/2002
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- My Heart Is Wounded - JMF 13:08:55 1/07/2002
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- You've Seen Me - JF 12:53:49 1/07/2002
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- this day my time - jan oskar hansen 07:22:37 1/07/2002
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- Speaking For Myself - Sagittarius 03:34:48 1/07/2002
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- Today - ironswipe 02:48:02 1/07/2002
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- I can't deny - Inside 02:39:10 1/07/2002
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- "Just To See" - Stone 00:22:53 1/07/2002
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- "What's True And What's Real" - Young Nazz 23:47:58 1/06/2002
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- "And This is How It Ends" - Nara 22:58:16 1/06/2002
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- "Ocean Beach, Monday Afternoon" - L. Silverfox 22:50:04 1/06/2002
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- " i am trying" - r.poor 21:05:15 1/06/2002
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- "Hope" - Young Nazz 20:52:17 1/06/2002
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- A friend - Elisabeth 20:16:35 1/06/2002
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- Affair Of The Heart - greeneyes 19:46:31 1/06/2002
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- Eternal Bliss - greeneyes 19:43:30 1/06/2002
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- "What Can I Count On?" - Mija 19:41:33 1/06/2002
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- "Green Girl" - Frank Williams 17:19:50 1/06/2002
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- "Blue Sound Tunnel" - Frank Williams 17:13:34 1/06/2002
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- "anguish" - carole lyn phoenix 15:09:17 1/06/2002
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- Just For You - Sagittarius 14:57:55 1/06/2002
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- Not So Bad - Free~Bird 14:39:54 1/06/2002
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- Dread - Judith Bilbrey 14:18:40 1/06/2002
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- "My Journey to Spyder's" - lb 12:37:37 1/06/2002
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- Unseen - SACrifice 12:12:33 1/06/2002
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- "Been There" - Howard Shreckengost 11:22:24 1/06/2002
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- Glimmering - Paul B. Geisert 10:40:09 1/06/2002
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- Nowhere My Destiny - Hope 08:04:00 1/06/2002
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- my tree - jan oskar hansen 05:54:49 1/06/2002
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- Monologues... - Cleo 00:08:12 1/06/2002
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- Meandering over a past love - Anna Begins 00:01:51 1/06/2002
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- "neon" - r.poor 22:39:10 1/05/2002
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- "Human Suffering" - Hi-D 20:26:40 1/05/2002
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- The web space bar - wdambrosi 16:30:43 1/05/2002
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- First Thoughts - Melodramatic 14:47:44 1/05/2002
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- "Bleed Our Sufferings" - Mary O 13:30:48 1/05/2002
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- "Sacrifice" - Uzi Johnson 13:09:47 1/05/2002
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- "Billy on the Bus" - carole lyn phoenix 12:18:02 1/05/2002
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