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	<title>The Beat &#187; Claire Askew</title>
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		<title>Spark</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2007 07:38:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Claire Askew</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[                 Daybreak.
A foul wind skirts the house, flecked
with soot &#8211; the sun  rises, molten
and ugly: a greasy torch
barely lighting the choked sky.
My bare feet are dark
against the scarred, whitewashed boards
of the porch.  The red earth
is cracked.  Forgotten washing
sags with smoke-damage
in scorched yards.
It started as a whisper
in the long white grass &#8211; at the end
of the [...]]]></description>
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