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    <title>Gather: Articles by Richie Montalbo</title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 06:57:01 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>I bid good bye (and wish it would be temporary).</title>
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      <description>  

 It is very sad for me to break the news. No, I'm not sick and fortunately none of my family is. 

 I'm starting an account in another social online community like Gather. While Gather . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2008 02:22:46 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Richie Montalbo</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2008-05-26T02:22:46Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Point Boost! Membership, Contents and Contests</title>
      <link>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977351652</link>
      <description>Welcome to Point Boost!  

 In this article I will tell you some general matters about our group.   Of course, you must first read the group description to better understand what I will . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2008 01:25:18 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Richie Montalbo</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2008-05-23T01:25:18Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Kicked off with a kiss</title>
      <link>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977350896</link>
      <description>The tongue is a filthy dagger 

 blunt and bloody. 

   

 It scars 

 the staunchest skull 

 in a single sweep. 

   

 It bores an opening, 

 digs deep, 

 contaminates the slit 

 . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 03:20:14 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977350896</guid>
      <dc:creator>Richie Montalbo</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2008-05-22T03:20:14Z</dc:date>
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      <title>What have you got?</title>
      <link>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977350773</link>
      <description>Grab a bread 

 grind the bee 

 divide it into four 

 the third you will devour 

 and serve with tea. 

   

 What have you got?</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 23:58:36 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977350773</guid>
      <dc:creator>Richie Montalbo</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2008-05-21T23:58:36Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Skins</title>
      <link>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977349098</link>
      <description>skins collide 

 at different temperatures 

 one hotter than the other 

   

 and the hotter 

 would heat up the colder 

 burning it 

 as fire burns coals to ashes 

   

 and the colder . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 01:31:31 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977349098</guid>
      <dc:creator>Richie Montalbo</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2008-05-20T01:31:31Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Null hyphothesis</title>
      <link>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977346641</link>
      <description>two people 

 met somewhere in their life 

 they don't remember when 

 it doesn't matter 

   

 they get to know each other better 

 even if they don't want to 

 because not wanting . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 07:05:55 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977346641</guid>
      <dc:creator>Richie Montalbo</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2008-05-16T07:05:55Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Mr. Knot</title>
      <link>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977345013</link>
      <description>Mr. Knot 

 likes no knots 

 not even nuts 

   

 Not on his tie, not on his shoe 

 and no, not on his hair do 

   

 Not on his pie, not on his pea 

 and definitely not on his tea . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 00:55:04 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977345013</guid>
      <dc:creator>Richie Montalbo</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2008-05-14T00:55:04Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Three o'clock</title>
      <link>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977344271</link>
      <description>Three o'clock shows up three times every day of your life: 

 One before dawn, 

 One in the afternoon 

 And one when you're in the middle of nowhere 

 and you've forgotten what time . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 00:51:43 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977344271</guid>
      <dc:creator>Richie Montalbo</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2008-05-13T00:51:43Z</dc:date>
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      <title>If the world would be a square</title>
      <link>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977341071</link>
      <description>If the world would be a square, 

 people would start owning the corners 

 and sue anyone 

 who would dare cross borders. 

   

 There would be four countries, 

 each of the four corners, . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 03:30:06 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Richie Montalbo</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2008-05-08T03:30:06Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Sandy</title>
      <link>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977340244</link>
      <description>She was a rock once 

 still and strong 

   

 Until he came along 

 he adored her 

 pursued her 

 teased her 

 touched her 

 scratched her 

 stroked her 

 embraced her 

 kissed her 

 loved . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 00:20:45 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Richie Montalbo</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2008-05-07T00:20:45Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Humans are bound to forget</title>
      <link>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977330843</link>
      <description>History won't last forever. 

 Humans are bound to forget. 

   

 No one will mention us a thousand years from now. 

 We would leave no traces. 

   

 Or if we succeed leaving traces, . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 01:33:39 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Richie Montalbo</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2008-04-24T01:33:39Z</dc:date>
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      <title>I keep on coming back</title>
      <link>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977329940</link>
      <description>No cables 

 No signature labels 

 No presidential tables 

 But I keep on coming back 

   

 No aircons 

 No recreations 

 No healthy conversations 

 But I keep on coming back to this 

   . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:17:40 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Richie Montalbo</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2008-04-23T00:17:40Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Why leaving a comment counts though no one get points</title>
      <link>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977328309</link>
      <description>It's like... 

   

 You enter a room: 

 the door is left open. 

 You don't see your friend; 

 he really doesn't mind. 

 You're inside his mind, 

 you see everything in it-- . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 02:21:04 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977328309</guid>
      <dc:creator>Richie Montalbo</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2008-04-21T02:21:04Z</dc:date>
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      <title>where's my comment?</title>
      <link>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977326447</link>
      <description>The comments counter on my article &amp;quot;Pillows&amp;quot; said there are four comments, however, only three are shown. 

  Where's the other one?</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 08:34:51 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977326447</guid>
      <dc:creator>Richie Montalbo</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2008-04-18T08:34:51Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Pillows</title>
      <link>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977325566</link>
      <description>Too many pillows in the world 

 crisp, fresh, puffy 

 taken for granted 

 hugged but uncared for 

 unloved 

   

 You grappled it 

 while missing your lover 

 choking it 

 too tight it needs . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 05:24:31 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977325566</guid>
      <dc:creator>Richie Montalbo</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2008-04-17T05:24:31Z</dc:date>
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      <title>When there's no more blood to suck</title>
      <link>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977324666</link>
      <description>The voice in my head 

 feels good. 

 It tickles my ears, 

 fondles my nape, 

 kneads my shoulder 

 and rubs my spine. 

   

 It lifts me from bed, 

 leads me to my closet 

 and bids me to . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 03:06:42 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977324666</guid>
      <dc:creator>Richie Montalbo</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2008-04-16T03:06:42Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Time flies</title>
      <link>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977316209</link>
      <description>Time flies 

 like a fly to a shit 

 you never know 

 how hard you'll hit</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 06:37:57 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977316209</guid>
      <dc:creator>Richie Montalbo</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2008-04-14T06:37:57Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Foreword to my next poem</title>
      <link>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977307134</link>
      <description>This is in relation to my next poem entitled &amp;quot;Wet dreams&amp;quot;. 

 I have labeled it under adult themes and find it appropriate to advise you to turn your guarded viewing option off if you're . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:06:12 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977307134</guid>
      <dc:creator>Richie Montalbo</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2008-04-11T00:06:12Z</dc:date>
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      <title>I am incensed</title>
      <link>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977306443</link>
      <description>I am incensed 

   

 The ember 

 in the area of my heart 

 begins to smolder 

 emitting smokes 

 into my lungs 

 making it hard to breath 

 hard to suppress 

 the words yearning to get out . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 05:51:02 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977306443</guid>
      <dc:creator>Richie Montalbo</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2008-04-10T05:51:02Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Uncharacteristic of mosquitoes</title>
      <link>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977305472</link>
      <description>Blood 

 is every mosquito's lust 

 They thirst 

 to feed their guts 

 feel their hearts 

 fill their skills 

 with blood 

 Nonetheless 

 they won't imbibe 

 a fellow mosquito's blood . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 02:59:12 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977305472</guid>
      <dc:creator>Richie Montalbo</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2008-04-09T02:59:12Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Without apples and snakes</title>
      <link>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977301252</link>
      <description>The garden of Eden 

 without apples and snakes 

 is a lie 

   

 But we 

 who are educated 

 still seek for this perfection 

 that even at the sight of an apple 

 call it an orange 
 . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 03:31:15 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977301252</guid>
      <dc:creator>Richie Montalbo</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2008-04-04T03:31:15Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Incurable disease</title>
      <link>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977300447</link>
      <description>He doesn't want to 

 but he can't help it 

 he's there 

 in his chair 

 facing the door 

   

 He is sick 

 he needs help 

 he knows he should go out 

 get some air 

 live another . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 02:40:39 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977300447</guid>
      <dc:creator>Richie Montalbo</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2008-04-03T02:40:39Z</dc:date>
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      <title>The end of every frog's journey</title>
      <link>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977294357</link>
      <description>To touch the moon 

 is a mammoth dream 

 but it's the only dream he has 

   

 And with this dream 

 the frog has learned to leap 

 and leaps as lofty as he can 

   

 He springs sprightly . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 00:43:23 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977294357</guid>
      <dc:creator>Richie Montalbo</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2008-03-27T00:43:23Z</dc:date>
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      <title>We will keep on tracking down the truth</title>
      <link>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977292783</link>
      <description>Our forefathers 

 have buried the truth 

 deep and safe 

 and they've made sure 

 that we won't find it 

   

 But we 

 out of our pigheadedness 

 have found out about it 

 and out . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 03:47:39 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977292783</guid>
      <dc:creator>Richie Montalbo</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2008-03-25T03:47:39Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Let's Do the Impossible</title>
      <link>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977284086</link>
      <description>  -This is an acceptance speech I made for my brother. He is chosen as president of an organization for Electrical Engineering students of Batangas State University. Feel free to comment. Check my . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2008 08:41:17 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977284086</guid>
      <dc:creator>Richie Montalbo</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2008-03-14T08:41:17Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Sin All You Want</title>
      <link>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977283158</link>
      <description>Sin all you want 

 All that your soul can hold 

 Then confess 

 Repent 

 And you will be forgiven 

   

 For your God is good 

 And a fountain of mercy 

   

 But your brothers are not! . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2008 04:52:20 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977283158</guid>
      <dc:creator>Richie Montalbo</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2008-03-13T04:52:20Z</dc:date>
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      <title>What do you see when you close your eyes?</title>
      <link>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977276831</link>
      <description>When you close your eyes what do you see? 

 Is it the calmness of the sea? 

 Or the softness of the clouds 

 with waters waiting to be free? 

 Do you see the trees swaying so sweet 

 to the rhythm . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2008 04:55:23 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977276831</guid>
      <dc:creator>Richie Montalbo</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2008-03-06T04:55:23Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Death</title>
      <link>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977274925</link>
      <description>&amp;quot;I am your destiny 

 all of you&amp;quot; 

 said Death 

 &amp;quot;Your bodies belong to my land 

 where I feed my worms. 

 All that you have acquired 

 while you are alive 

 will be worthless to . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 03:53:17 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977274925</guid>
      <dc:creator>Richie Montalbo</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2008-03-04T03:53:17Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Fart</title>
      <link>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977270236</link>
      <description>Fart is like the truth 

 and the truth hurts 

 you know you need to let it out 

 to set it free 

 but it will bring you shame 

 you will lose some respect 

 you can do nothing 

 but to bow you . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2008 00:51:54 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977270236</guid>
      <dc:creator>Richie Montalbo</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2008-02-28T00:51:54Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Happiness is</title>
      <link>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977262736</link>
      <description>Happiness is not found in smiles 

 they're just a way to flex more muscles 

 neither on lover's eyes 

 ther're just naturally wet 

 happiness is not seen 

   

 It is neither felt . . .</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 02:05:16 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977262736</guid>
      <dc:creator>Richie Montalbo</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2008-02-20T02:05:16Z</dc:date>
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