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		<title>lingering at the entrance to the confessional</title>
		<link>http://iamnehal.com/2011/05/lingering-at-the-entrance-to-the-confessional/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2011 04:52:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nehal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[she messaged me: it&#8217;s almost been a decade.
were there sparklers?
yes, she said, and i cried.
jokes about the end of the world.
we went for lunch at the owl, she reminded me, and it was so quiet there.
that was my first week at j-school, i replied. what i didn&#8217;t say was: when everything changed on every level.
***
i [...]]]></description>
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		<title>superhero sunday shining</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2011 06:24:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nehal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[today was beautiful the bodies the music the colours. infinite shades of blackness walking talking dancing singing. all ages under a groove. they sing, here. and smile and ask you how you doin&#8217;? without expecting a response. first time i had relaxed in a long time.
footsteps move to the rhythm, keep step with the old [...]]]></description>
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		<title>region escape purple cycle</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Mar 2011 06:14:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nehal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[i&#8217;m not good with goodbyes, endings. i don’t respond well to death, have a hard time accepting it. when things end, i spend a little time compressing, packing everything into a tightly sealed box. i turn inwards, until I can lock that pain into that sealed box. it means that i never get to mourn. but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>a message wrapped up in a reminder</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Mar 2011 04:07:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nehal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
i need to learn how to listen.
and i need to learn how to speak.
important things are at stake, like your feelings.
i promise to try harder.
***
halfway through the gauntlet wanted to put this on hold for another week. promises, promising. every day brought something new the last 48 a reminder brought something old, beautiful.
there are too [...]]]></description>
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		<title>perfectly i practice</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Feb 2011 20:14:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nehal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[i&#8217;m going cross-eyed from reading student papers. my back hurts from an ergonomically-incorrect desk set-up. my printer&#8217;s decided to stop printing. my head&#8217;s full of theory, so much so i can&#8217;t sustain a normal conversation.
ran a disk utility maintenance on my mental. memories being compressed for archiving, would prefer delete but don&#8217;t have the time [...]]]></description>
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		<title>you are in the music</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Feb 2011 00:50:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nehal</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://iamnehal.com/?p=1109</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[- this is for c., because he spoke beautiful when i needed to hear it most.
i&#8217;ve been thinking a lot, these past few weeks. about where i&#8217;ve been for the last two years, what i&#8217;ve experienced. right now, i&#8217;m letting go of a temporary case of bitterness stemming from the desire to blame another. but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>real cool time</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Feb 2011 22:28:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nehal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[a meeting, over three years ago. both strangers in this city, introduced by another stranger third. a connection i didn&#8217;t expect, didn&#8217;t foresee its outcome. i left on a short trip returned to that connection.
we talked, a lot. the music threaded. intrigued, you pulled me in with your attitude and charm. a time of whirlwind, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>(w)rap up</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Feb 2011 05:08:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nehal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[this morning, i woke up with no voice. not a surprise, my throat&#8217;s been threatening to close for a while in anticipation of sickness. today was the worst day it could have possibly chosen. i felt like a literal diva, refusing to speak as i drank cup after cup of hot water, honey and lemon. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>missing the ground</title>
		<link>http://iamnehal.com/2011/02/missing-the-ground/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2011 05:06:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nehal</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[writing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When you are loved, wholly loved, she said, you never feel alone. When someone commits to you truly deeply, they are unable to walk away. If only because they cannot bear the thought of you feeling alone. If only to spare you that. And if they are able to walk away, then it was not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>robots and shadows</title>
		<link>http://iamnehal.com/2011/01/robots-and-shadows/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 2011 01:02:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nehal</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[i reached into my dreams at least twice today confusion.
i woke up with a smile, reached out to confirm. voided, empty space crashing down on top of me flashbacks trying to tell me something i didn&#8217;t want to hear. three more hours until i could move, and only then after i traded one form of [...]]]></description>
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