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    <title>Gather: Articles by Wade A.</title>
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    <copyright>Copyright Gather Inc 2009</copyright>
    <pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 12:45:30 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Gossamer Wings</title>
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      <description>Gossamer Wings  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Praying to write another word, praying I don’t write any less. 
 
 
 There’s a confession due, heartbeats stain true 
 
 
 Sounds contraire but I must . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 01:22:38 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Wade A.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2009-10-24T01:22:38Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Are TV Ads Too Loud?</title>
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      <description>I  f the volume of TV ads is a major source of irritation for you, there may be relief in the form of the Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation (CALM) Act recently proposed by Rep. Anna Eshoo . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2009 11:17:44 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Wade A.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2009-10-03T11:17:44Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Bridge (100 word essay)</title>
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      <description>It’s okay, well maybe not okay, not even good. But that is how Pierre’s day was going to be. It’s never easy when you can’t remember the nights and the day comes . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 22:21:27 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Wade A.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2009-09-23T22:21:27Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Living and Dying in parts</title>
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      <description>There’s a compromise of sorts between living and finally accepting the end. I thought I could try and express it here but it appears I’ve been away from writing too long and lost whatever . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2009 11:26:40 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Wade A.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2009-09-20T11:26:40Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Distorted Lullaby</title>
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      <description>  

     

   

   

   

   

   

   

  
 

   

  I am evil by design; fell by the wayside of life,  

  a living highway toad. Beware the hard road,  

  there's . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 07 Mar 2009 02:34:34 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977616410</guid>
      <dc:creator>Wade A.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2009-03-07T02:34:34Z</dc:date>
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      <title>The Tide</title>
      <link>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977597660</link>
      <description>  

  Uninspired, lacking fire and passion in my forlorn haze,  

  sullen and despondent in a cumbersome daze.  

  I feel so alone, condemned to solitary tedium,  

  abandoned in this head . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 17:42:34 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977597660</guid>
      <dc:creator>Wade A.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2009-02-17T17:42:34Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Gasping for Breath</title>
      <link>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977588649</link>
      <description>  

   

   

   

   

   

  I've died on paper so many times,  

  I don't know if I truly exist  

  I lost myself, somewhere, out there,  

  upon the seratonin . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2009 06:09:56 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977588649</guid>
      <dc:creator>Wade A.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2009-02-09T06:09:56Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Collapse of Being</title>
      <link>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977562005</link>
      <description>Filled with want and desire for you,   

   infatuated by the lightning in your eyes.   

   An enchanting vision of beauty with crimson lips,   

   hopelessly charmed,     I was     drawn to your . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:12:07 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977562005</guid>
      <dc:creator>Wade A.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2009-01-13T16:12:07Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Building The Perfect Beast</title>
      <link>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977544567</link>
      <description>  

   

   

   

   

   Rummaging through the gift shop of broken dreams,   

   displaced nightmares and the unforeseen.   

   Endless tales of forlorn nights and unhallowed, . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Dec 2008 20:11:16 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Wade A.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2008-12-24T20:11:16Z</dc:date>
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      <title>A Murder of Crows</title>
      <link>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977539638</link>
      <description>As I gazed into my mirror,  

  I caught a reflection of yesterday.  

  You had your truce flag waving,  

  with that double indemnity smile.  

   

  I thought I heard you whisper,  

  “I haven’t . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2008 03:32:15 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Wade A.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2008-12-19T03:32:15Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Observations and Revelations (A repost for our new world)</title>
      <link>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977538223</link>
      <description>I wrote this over a year ago when I first joined Gather to try and share a piece of my world and my perspective on it. Since then events have transpired that makes this article worth sharing that much . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 19:35:19 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Wade A.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2008-12-17T19:35:19Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Enchantment of Lamia - To Danielle, wherever you may be (Single Word Challenge- Elation)</title>
      <link>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977527390</link>
      <description>Poised in sleep like a dark angel, skin of alabaster on fire,  

  Emanating tranquility and beauty from which I cannot turn away.  

  My mind alight with adulation, yearning to please all that you . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 06 Dec 2008 01:51:14 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Wade A.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2008-12-06T01:51:14Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Gift Wrapped (Poetry please-Single Word Challenge- Face)</title>
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      <description>  

   

   

   

   

   

   

 Dirty car lies and a shotgun smell, 

 This is where the blues band plays your tune. 

 I wasn’t coming to see you but they altered . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 29 Nov 2008 02:58:37 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Wade A.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2008-11-29T02:58:37Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Existential Exodus</title>
      <link>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977516264</link>
      <description>  

   

   

   

   

 Truth and trepidation trapdoor, 

   

 Liberated thoughts spill liquid and livid, 

   

 Onto naked floor. 

   

 Human stains . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2008 15:54:36 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977516264</guid>
      <dc:creator>Wade A.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2008-11-24T15:54:36Z</dc:date>
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      <title>The Art of Independence (Poetry Please-Single Word Challenge-Plan)</title>
      <link>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977506208</link>
      <description>&amp;quot;Hold the hand the guides your fate 
 but don't let it lead you on&amp;quot;  
  
  
   
 
 
 
 
  

   

 In my disenchantment, substantiated by lack of reason, 

 I beckon towards a newfound . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 01:33:47 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977506208</guid>
      <dc:creator>Wade A.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2008-11-14T01:33:47Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Question Unrequited</title>
      <link>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977504946</link>
      <description>Alone in my tomb, I ponder.    

    I’m an open book, but they cannot read,    

    An open dialogue, just misunderstood.    

    What does . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 19:36:08 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977504946</guid>
      <dc:creator>Wade A.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2008-11-12T19:36:08Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Srebrenica Harvest</title>
      <link>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977502233</link>
      <description>I've watched you for days perched in your cozy nest, 
 Picking the right time to quietly introduce myself. 
 We've been eye to eye but we have never met, 
 We think alike albeit we wish unto each . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 09 Nov 2008 22:22:40 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977502233</guid>
      <dc:creator>Wade A.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2008-11-09T22:22:40Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Burnt Offerings</title>
      <link>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977486358</link>
      <description>Counting Angels as they fall to the ground, 
 Leaving shadows scorched into unforgiving earth. 
 Silent reminders of their unexpected arrival.  

 Looking skyward the lone witness, 
 Contemplates . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 14:11:13 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977486358</guid>
      <dc:creator>Wade A.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2008-10-23T14:11:13Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Emerson's Foe (Repost)</title>
      <link>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977403099</link>
      <description>I originally submitted this in November 2007 and only had one reader (Thank you Heather). Since I've been on here for a while now, I thought maybe it would get a little more recognition than . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:12:17 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977403099</guid>
      <dc:creator>Wade A.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2008-07-21T14:12:17Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Me</title>
      <link>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977390096</link>
      <description>Sitting, nothing ever comes when forced 
 Lying on the floor almost feels I'm deceased 
 Lulled into a misguided sense of complacency 
 Surrounded by all my insecurities, 
 I try to breathe 

 Nightmares . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 02:47:42 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977390096</guid>
      <dc:creator>Wade A.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2008-07-05T02:47:42Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Sarah's Lament (Learning to Pray)</title>
      <link>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977381775</link>
      <description>Heroin is not chic.  

  It is not pretty... I miss you Sarah.  

   

  A maiden's beauty shall be realized  

  on the faithfulness captured,  

  encapsulated and born,  

  from her awakening. . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 02:04:49 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977381775</guid>
      <dc:creator>Wade A.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2008-06-25T02:04:49Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Contemptible Mind</title>
      <link>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977376019</link>
      <description>Hello, I am contagious, 
 Forever drawn to dangerous. 
 If I speak will it be cantankerous? 
 With moods that seem unjustified, 
 Killing me you're sanctified. 

 Cranium explosions bereft of sympathy. . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 01:10:13 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977376019</guid>
      <dc:creator>Wade A.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2008-06-18T01:10:13Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Victory</title>
      <link>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977367892</link>
      <description>I've seen the place where all the good men die, 
 Now I'm all alone except for the boy inside. 
 The clouds are growing darker and I can't retreat. 
 Running against the wind futilely accepting . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 15:16:39 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977367892</guid>
      <dc:creator>Wade A.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2008-06-10T15:16:39Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Casualty (Haiku)</title>
      <link>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977353556</link>
      <description>My mind spins in time  

  Haunted by past explosions  

  That tear me apart  

 Wade A.</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 25 May 2008 22:14:49 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977353556</guid>
      <dc:creator>Wade A.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2008-05-25T22:14:49Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Eulogy</title>
      <link>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977346547</link>
      <description>I died tonight, no mourners were there and I don't care 
 We gather together as a species unknown to each other 
 One hoping it won't turn out like the other 
 Sinful bastard you will always . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 02:50:15 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977346547</guid>
      <dc:creator>Wade A.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2008-05-16T02:50:15Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Rip Tide</title>
      <link>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977339204</link>
      <description>The life lights were always too dim, 
 And I never wanted to swim, 
 In the darkness that floats up from within. 

 Waters cold clenching hands drag me down, 
 Dank bottom burrow laughing at me, 
 Beckons . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 18:49:36 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977339204</guid>
      <dc:creator>Wade A.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2008-05-05T18:49:36Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Starless and Bible Black</title>
      <link>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977331787</link>
      <description>Transcending midnights autumn cool clear, 
 Wind scurries brittle leaves in a cat and mouse ballet 
 No more burying the past, time to make it rise up and dance 
 Late night rendezvous in the heart of . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 07:31:53 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977331787</guid>
      <dc:creator>Wade A.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2008-04-25T07:31:53Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Pestilence's Father</title>
      <link>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977316252</link>
      <description>I stand accused, redolent but refusing, 
 the actions beyond my comprehension. 
 Reprehensible concoction of mass idealization, 
 now your greatest ire is the result of your creation. 
 Character emotions . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 06:52:11 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977316252</guid>
      <dc:creator>Wade A.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2008-04-14T06:52:11Z</dc:date>
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      <title>The Hollow</title>
      <link>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977306546</link>
      <description>Breaking the old to obtain the new, 
 Boxed in and helpless, deranged by the lie 
 A cacophony head determined for a better view, 
 Led me to this place of deprecation and fire 

 Shattered dreams and . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 11:37:26 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977306546</guid>
      <dc:creator>Wade A.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2008-04-10T11:37:26Z</dc:date>
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      <title>An Evening with Edgar (Repost)</title>
      <link>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977304702</link>
      <description>Melancholy nights lit by candlelight 
 I sat with Edgar in silent repose 
 Brandy flowed freely as we sat 
 And discussed the finer points of 
 Poetry and prose 

 Edgar sat morosely and listened with . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 09:55:45 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977304702</guid>
      <dc:creator>Wade A.</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2008-04-08T09:55:45Z</dc:date>
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