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	<title>The Beat &#187; Sarah Safraz</title>
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		<title>On being a non-crystalline solid</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 09:45:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Safraz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am glass.
A thin film of transparency.
If left undisturbed I can maintain
my overall form and microstructure.
Shattering is not an option.
I am double-glazed.
Or so I thought, before you warmed this icy surface
with your hands, leaving tiny etchings
along hundreds of score lines.
Each etching a memory,
each score line a release.
Don’t worry. You can’t press too hard.
Shattering is not [...]]]></description>
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