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    <title>Gather: Articles by Jay  M.</title>
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    <description>Recent Articles on Gather by Jay  M.</description>
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    <copyright>Copyright Gather Inc 2009</copyright>
    <pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:12:02 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:date>2009-12-29T16:12:02Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Goodbye, Goodbye Michelle, Adieu</title>
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      <description>Lyrics by  Poetic Injustice  
 
 Goodbye, goodbye Michelle, adieu 
 Been seventeen years, never got over you 
 I guess it's high past time that I do 
 Goodbye, Michelle, adieu 
 ~~~ 
 Chance . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 10:39:47 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Jay  M.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2009-10-31T10:39:47Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Still In My Dreams</title>
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      <description>Lyrics by *ArloGu3 
 
 I saw you the other night in my bed 
 You smiled at me after we made love and we laughed and sang again 
 As sweet as the time before that still echoes in my head* 
 Then I awoke . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 18:26:49 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Jay  M.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2009-07-25T18:26:49Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Reckless</title>
      <link>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977690752</link>
      <description>Reckless was I 
 A bit too flirtatious, a bit too bold 
 And in work of fiction did I 
 Unsettle some, or so I've been told 
 Having revealed my passionate spirit 
 In ways that explore forbidden thought . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2009 21:20:42 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Jay  M.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2009-05-24T21:20:42Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Getting Harder</title>
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      <description>It's getting really hard to explain 
Why being in love with you is worth the pain 
And it gets harder every day 
Sometimes I wanna walk away 
Not that you'd try to stop me anyway 
And you never . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 21:46:07 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Jay  M.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2009-05-11T21:46:07Z</dc:date>
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      <title>My Time Ain't Worthless</title>
      <link>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977680046</link>
      <description>Some things are really obvious. 
Don't take a clue by four or gettin' hit by a bus. 
If someone really wants to spend some time with you ... 
... here's what they'll do (and you know . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 21:45:13 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Jay  M.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2009-05-11T21:45:13Z</dc:date>
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      <title>If It Makes It Easy (I'll Walk Away)</title>
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I've always wanted you to be happy 
'Cause happy is how you used to make me feel 
And I still put your wants and needs before me 
But what I thought I saw in you wasn't real 

 The . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 21:44:09 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Jay  M.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2009-05-11T21:44:09Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Your Words</title>
      <link>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977653787</link>
      <description>I read your words and they resonate in me 
Remind me of my own heart as I pray silently 
To find that single kindred soul 
The opposite matching piece that makes me whole 

 But it's just words . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2009 14:23:25 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977653787</guid>
      <dc:creator>Jay  M.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2009-04-12T14:23:25Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Life And Love</title>
      <link>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977584033</link>
      <description>Life And Love 

  
A Poem by  Dagonut  (aka me) 

  
 My motto. My devotion.    

   

 We make of it what we will 

 We will of it what we make 

 And in doing we instill 

 For posterity all . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2009 06:25:44 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977584033</guid>
      <dc:creator>Jay  M.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2009-02-04T06:25:44Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Like It Was Mine</title>
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      <description>Like It Was Mine 

  
lyrics by  Dagonut  (aka me) 

  Put a coin in the jukebox. Here's the lyrics to the song ....    

 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 

 No longer running Cupid's . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 00:12:19 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Jay  M.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2009-01-29T00:12:19Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Free Spirit</title>
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      <description>Free Spirit 

  
A Poem by  Dagonut  (aka me) 

  
 Namaste. Thank you.    

   

 My lover is a spirit that's free 

 That, in itself, a thing of beauty 

 An adventurous soul I so admire . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2009 08:17:26 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Jay  M.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2009-01-28T08:17:26Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Connection Sublime</title>
      <link>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977577156</link>
      <description>Connection Sublime 

  
A Poem by  Dagonut  (aka me) 
 Namaste    

   

 Connection is more than skin touching skin 

 At least the important part 

 It's something that stays afterward, . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2009 08:15:17 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Jay  M.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2009-01-28T08:15:17Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Just A Passing Thought</title>
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      <description>Just a passing thought 

  
A Poem by  Dagonut  (aka me) 

  
 Smitten me. Namaste    

   

 Just a passing thought 

 Passing and returning 

 As if once wrought 

 It echoes in itself a yearning . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2009 08:14:24 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Jay  M.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2009-01-28T08:14:24Z</dc:date>
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      <title>The Monkey And The Whale</title>
      <link>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977577154</link>
      <description>The Monkey And The Whale 

  
A Poem by  Dagonut  (aka me) 
 In honor of &amp;quot;Talk Like A Pirate Day&amp;quot; a fellow co-worker challenged me to make a piratey sounding poem. This took 4 minutes so . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2009 08:13:25 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Jay  M.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2009-01-28T08:13:25Z</dc:date>
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      <title>No Worries, No Regrets</title>
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      <description>No Worries, No Regrets 

  
A Poem by  Dagonut  (aka me) 

  
 Namaste    

   

 No worries over our future 

 No regrets over our past 

 No need to be unsure 

 Whether or not . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2009 08:12:27 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Jay  M.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2009-01-28T08:12:27Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Rest Of My Life</title>
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      <description>Rest Of My Life 

  
Lyrics by  Dagonut  (aka me) 
   

 If I promise to love you for the rest of my life would you stick around and make me prove it? 

 Cause I'd hate to see you walk away . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2009 08:11:14 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Jay  M.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2009-01-28T08:11:14Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Not Quite What I Expected</title>
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      <description>Not Quite What I Expected 

  
A Poem by  Dagonut  (aka me) 
 Penned earlier this year. Resonating in me during the holiday.    

   

  When I first saw you, curiosity bit 
I strolled over, . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2009 06:20:29 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Jay  M.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2009-01-28T06:20:29Z</dc:date>
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      <title>(Love) Song</title>
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      <description>(Love)Song 

  
Lyrics by  Dagonut  (aka me) 
 Irony is writing a lovesong about not writing a lovesong.    

   

  My heart wants to sing you a song 
That you're not ready to hear . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2009 05:42:58 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Jay  M.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2009-01-28T05:42:58Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Wanting You ... Wanting Me</title>
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      <description>Wanting you ... Wanting me 

  
Lyrics by  Dagonut  (aka me) 
   

  You don't need me 
I don't need you to 
But you want me 
And I want you, too 
I am your chosen lover 
Just as I chose . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2009 05:41:29 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Jay  M.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2009-01-28T05:41:29Z</dc:date>
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      <title>A Matter Of Time</title>
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      <description>A MATTER OF TIME (Duet) 

 Lyrics by Dagonut (aka me) 

 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 

 She sings, &amp;quot;Take what I give but don't take more. 

 Our time is precious, no telling what life has in store. 
 . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2009 05:39:55 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Jay  M.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2009-01-28T05:39:55Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Ever send a supportive, complimentary or otherwise nice ping/comment to a &amp;quot;friend&amp;quot; that is apparently not appreciated?</title>
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      <description>Carefully worded, caringly crafted, heartfelt. Eh, suck it up and don't fret. If they were really friends it wouldn't have bothered them so much they didn't want their other friends to see . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 03:08:35 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Jay  M.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2009-01-26T03:08:35Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Taking Advantage</title>
      <link>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977465337</link>
      <description>Taking advantage 

  
 A Poem by  Dagonut  (ArloGu3 ... Jay) 

  
    

 One day at the pub in my kilt all decked out 

 Up walked a young lassie sporting a cute pout 

 She pressed up against . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 05:22:17 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Jay  M.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2008-10-02T05:22:17Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Erin inspired me to share ..... poetry .... lyrics</title>
      <link>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977465334</link>
      <description>Love and time - Give and take - an alternate vow 

  
 A Poem by  Dagonut  (ArloGu3 .... Jay) 
    

 (Spoken ... as if behind a pulpit) 

 What can be taken can be given 

 One to another, equal . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 05:20:15 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Jay  M.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2008-10-02T05:20:15Z</dc:date>
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