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hangover hobby kit
hangover hobby kit by Erika Forland

I am the water.

I.

She was the alcohol
(moving you too fast)
now you’re in the moment
shy boy, your confidence is back.

You put her to your lips
and...
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Posted by: forty6 on 2008-03-30 21:15:00
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can adopting a black child into a white family wor
My family takes in foster children. We have had a current foster child for almost 2 years. We've had him since he was 2 weeks old. He is my brother, no matter what lack of blood or heritage we share. We are moving to adopt him and although I know love conquers all bounderies I am wary of the...
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Posted by: forty6 on 2008-02-04 23:32:41
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Gravedigger when you dig my grave, can you make it

          After 3 months from home I was went back for Christmas. My brother came home from Minnesota like a mess; hair disheveled, feet pushing through the bottom of his worn shoe, and wearing the ashamed attire of over washed sweatpants and a...

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Posted by: forty6 on 2008-01-31 10:16:54
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Where does your confidence lie?
You've been quiet,
leaving behind traces of question marks,

like the silence after a riot,
when everyones ashamed
of what they said,
and did.

you were full of confidence,
now, unsure, your eyes are looking down.
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Posted by: forty6 on 2008-01-23 21:33:32
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just an idea... ?
So I am reading a book for my Aferican American literature class that I have read before, a few years ago, The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison. In the story, if you havent read it, it is the journey of a young black girl named Pecola who wishes she had blue eyes, so she could be beautiful...
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Posted by: forty6 on 2008-01-08 23:03:06
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First.
Well I guess this is my official blog. It's a little scary thinking about people reading this, but I guess thats the rush of sharing yourself over the world wide web. Someone I love once told me to never keep anything unsaid thats in your heart. It was good advice, a heavy heart has no cure. I...
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Posted by: forty6 on 2008-01-06 21:11:03
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