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	<title>Jessence - Official Blog of Jes'ka N.L. Washington</title>
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		<title>Untitled</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 23:21:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jes</dc:creator>
		
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For a moment I hated your silence
I hated that there were moments there that held small guesses
A chance for my mind to create what you were thinking
Or an opportunity for my imagination to run wild with thoughts you never encountered.
I guess your silence scared me
But its part of your man-code
A disposition that started years ago [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unscripted Melodies</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:48:21 +0000</pubDate>
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It’s the simple melodies that we struggle to find lyrics to
And in the triangular rotations of drum, strings, and keyboards I want to be encircled by your lyrics
To be lost in a trance that traces a line to nowhere and that we place we are both settled
With time ticking slowly by mapping our future and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I Can&#8217;t</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:48:05 +0000</pubDate>
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I can’t make a cake that tastes like Betty Crocker, because I’m not Betty Crocker
I can’t dance, shake, shimmy like Beyonce, because I’m not Beyonce
I can’t sing like Areatha or even hum like Billie Holiday that’s never been my motif
I can’t be anything or anybody but myself and in that I realize that
I can’t make [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Right Here&#8230;.Right Now</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:47:26 +0000</pubDate>
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Can u just say
Can you just say what it is
Not what it could be or what it was
But only what it is
Right here in this moment.
I can handle it, I’m a big girl
But you losing your tongue
Behind excuses, avoidance, jokes or silence
Makes me want to fill in the blank
And I’m not good at reading your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2009 Shawty&#8230;The Way it Was&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 19:13:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[2009 Wrap Up
Say it loud…. I’m black and I’m proud!
As we sip the cherry wine and pop bottles, I take time to reflect back on 2009 and all the wonderful things that I have witnessed and as I pray to make room in my life for new things, I want to take a little time [...]]]></description>
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