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	<title>The Beat &#187; Sergio A. Ortiz</title>
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		<title>Crying Venusians</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 07:29:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sergio A. Ortiz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[dedicated to Ashley Santiago Ocasio and Jorge Steven Mercado
 
My skin shrieks,
a cave dweller notified
of yet another death,
 
filaments by which the eagerness 
of penguins annihilate the last threads
of memories dwindling in oceanic twilight. 
 
I did not want to leave
a trail for redheaded dragons
with fiery tongues to terrify
 
empty lighthouses,
meadows and the jingles
of readers on my day
of resurrection.
 
Queen Lazarus unwraps
my [...]]]></description>
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