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		<title>Sins and Absolution</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Oct 2011 01:56:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sophia Maria</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am a prostitute. I have sex with men but instead of hearts exchanging love, we have hands exchanging money. I think it&#8217;s a pretty straightforward profession. The job is challenging but it has its rewards. Although there are days when you don&#8217;t want to get up to go to work, but I think that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thewaterwriter.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14259409&amp;post=108&amp;subd=thewaterwriter&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Dreams &#8211; Intimacy</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Dec 2010 17:13:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sophia Maria</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was just thinking of you. You were always this tall man in my memories. There would always be blinding light coming from behind you. In my eyes, you looked like a super fantastical being with powers to make the impossible happen. Until I stopped believing that. I don&#8217;t know how it started. I don&#8217;t [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thewaterwriter.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14259409&amp;post=106&amp;subd=thewaterwriter&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rude Awakenings: The Hunter and the Hunted</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 01:35:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sophia Maria</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[obsession]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the hunt]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Honestly, I was prepared to dislike you the moment you walked towards me. I didn&#8217;t know that that momentous encounter would change my fate forever. It&#8217;s crazy, I know but I cannot help but tell you that I am now obsessed. I don&#8217;t know if it started with how I immediately disliked you. I hated [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thewaterwriter.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14259409&amp;post=97&amp;subd=thewaterwriter&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rude Awakenings: The Lover and the Loved</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Aug 2010 03:23:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sophia Maria</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I remember when I first saw you. Our eyes met across a smoky bar room. There was barely enough space to move and people like it that way. It gave a socially accepted excuse for everyone to rub bodies against one another in public, no matter how suggestive the motions are. The deafening beats of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thewaterwriter.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14259409&amp;post=95&amp;subd=thewaterwriter&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rude Awakenings: The Ruler and the Ruled</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2010 06:10:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sophia Maria</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[kingdom]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This is his kingdom. Looking out into the window, he watches over it like a father watches over the first few steps of his infant son. He fondles his black radio, listening in on the conversations of the guards, hearing of conflict arising. He waits and smiles as he hears them floundering, panicking. Triumphantly, he [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thewaterwriter.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14259409&amp;post=90&amp;subd=thewaterwriter&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Diseased</title>
		<link>http://thewaterwriter.wordpress.com/2010/07/29/diseased/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:54:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sophia Maria</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Water rained on me Cold fingers, uncertain death Sore throat, fevered chills ______________________________________________ And so my mother offered me a jar of cookies, a bottle of water and two tablets of medicine. I also lost control of my bladder. I must be really sick! Filed under: poetry Tagged: death, haiku, sick<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thewaterwriter.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14259409&amp;post=84&amp;subd=thewaterwriter&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A play on HOPE</title>
		<link>http://thewaterwriter.wordpress.com/2010/07/18/a-play-on-hope/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jul 2010 06:28:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sophia Maria</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[words]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Hope is just one word Yet it means the world for some In varied degrees _______________________________________________ Honestly, I am frustrated about this concept of &#8220;hope&#8221; and the different ways it can be said. I&#8217;m currently reflecting on the paper that I will be presenting on Wednesday next week. There are just so many things lost [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thewaterwriter.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14259409&amp;post=76&amp;subd=thewaterwriter&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Faithful</title>
		<link>http://thewaterwriter.wordpress.com/2010/07/09/the-faithful/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 05:31:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sophia Maria</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I go to my church Just to pray everyday Ev&#8217;ry goddamn day ___________________________ Inspired by a workaholic friend. And the people with whom I go to church with. But it&#8217;s a church without religions. Just great coffee! Filed under: poetry Tagged: church, haiku<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thewaterwriter.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14259409&amp;post=72&amp;subd=thewaterwriter&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Strange Commutes</title>
		<link>http://thewaterwriter.wordpress.com/2010/06/28/the-historian/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 13:24:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sophia Maria</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was inspired to write this while reading a book about the history of Negros. The Historian While the sun struggled against the night, already a jeepney was on its way to getting its full assemblage of passengers. On this cold morning, only the barker could be heard. His energetic voice and frenetic movements herded [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thewaterwriter.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14259409&amp;post=63&amp;subd=thewaterwriter&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Strange Commutes</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 04:34:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sophia Maria</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever been to the Philippines? Have you ever ridden a jeepney (formally called public utility jitneys or PUJs)? For most Filipinos, riding a jeepney is a regular occurrence that doesn&#8217;t even bear a second thought. However, we all know that each jeepney ride is unique in the sense of the things that you [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thewaterwriter.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14259409&amp;post=58&amp;subd=thewaterwriter&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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