tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91711409532125342572024-03-14T09:25:33.118+00:00Shreds & ShardsI twirl in the mosaic of your mind...Udita Banerjeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00319922744252378061noreply@blogger.comBlogger219125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9171140953212534257.post-36613195354211791212015-01-31T11:00:00.000+00:002015-01-31T11:00:04.519+00:00Day 31<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">last poem</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">like the last bitter taste</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">deep within my throat</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">building into</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">a bulb</span></div>
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Udita Banerjeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00319922744252378061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9171140953212534257.post-74462609233115945012015-01-30T11:00:00.000+00:002015-01-30T11:00:05.065+00:00Day 30<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">poems of fishing boats</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">that never came back</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">are not sad</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">at the harbour</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">they spoke</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">of a better place</span></div>
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Udita Banerjeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00319922744252378061noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9171140953212534257.post-79856266851598823302015-01-29T11:00:00.000+00:002015-01-29T11:00:02.832+00:00Day 29<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">some songs</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">are best left unsung</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">not so much for words</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">get them poems out</span></div>
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Udita Banerjeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00319922744252378061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9171140953212534257.post-14705134161219979182015-01-28T11:00:00.000+00:002015-01-28T11:00:02.441+00:00Day 28<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">life so fragile</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">like gossamer thread</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">pulled</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">snapped</span></div>
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Udita Banerjeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00319922744252378061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9171140953212534257.post-7319342263024218112015-01-27T11:00:00.000+00:002015-01-27T11:00:00.785+00:00Day 27<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">another moon</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">another sigh</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">like smoke over</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">chimney tops</span></div>
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Udita Banerjeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00319922744252378061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9171140953212534257.post-65788480658117527592015-01-26T11:00:00.000+00:002015-01-26T11:00:06.023+00:00Day 26<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">my cat chases shadows</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">he looks at the walls</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">through me</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">i wonder</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">if they can see me too</span></div>
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Udita Banerjeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00319922744252378061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9171140953212534257.post-65215289629125448792015-01-25T11:00:00.000+00:002015-01-25T11:00:00.477+00:00Day 25<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">frae auld lang syne</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">my jo</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">happy birthday, burns</span></div>
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Udita Banerjeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00319922744252378061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9171140953212534257.post-61615559063094131862015-01-24T11:00:00.000+00:002015-01-24T11:00:01.021+00:00Day 24<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">birthdays and balloons</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">a lone loony</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">in the corner</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">sensing death</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">its smell</span></div>
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Udita Banerjeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00319922744252378061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9171140953212534257.post-5450970942771272832015-01-23T11:00:00.000+00:002015-01-23T11:00:03.475+00:00Day 23<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">dear diary words</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">strewn on the winds</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">across continents</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">an old friend, an old flame,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">an old lover</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">all lost...</span></div>
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Udita Banerjeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00319922744252378061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9171140953212534257.post-24008595613591404172015-01-22T11:00:00.000+00:002015-01-22T11:00:04.751+00:00Day 22<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">i met a poet once</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">of spiral stairs</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and gothic windows</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the architecture</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">of his magic</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">swayed me</span></div>
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Udita Banerjeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00319922744252378061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9171140953212534257.post-39676134828037579072015-01-21T11:00:00.000+00:002015-01-21T11:00:04.033+00:00Day 21<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">this blue of the skies</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">this not quite blue</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the blue of lies,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">pain</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">despair</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the blue of</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">silence</span></div>
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Udita Banerjeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00319922744252378061noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9171140953212534257.post-70799600010932353192015-01-20T11:00:00.000+00:002015-01-20T11:00:01.504+00:00Day 20<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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sometimes snow</div>
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sometimes hail</div>
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edinburgh awaits</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
springtime</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
soon, soon</div>
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Udita Banerjeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00319922744252378061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9171140953212534257.post-36476273144516171432015-01-19T11:00:00.000+00:002015-01-19T11:00:00.728+00:00Day 19<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">funny friend</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">with</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">name of the lamplight</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">five day old</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">friendship</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">day six, tonight</span></div>
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Udita Banerjeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00319922744252378061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9171140953212534257.post-28748712383820853452015-01-18T11:00:00.000+00:002015-01-18T11:00:02.742+00:00Day 18<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">you see</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">that darkness yonder</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">eventually</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">we will all get there</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">so wipe that smile off</span></div>
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Udita Banerjeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00319922744252378061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9171140953212534257.post-19043264446957175112015-01-17T11:00:00.000+00:002015-01-17T11:00:03.373+00:00Day 17<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">i came to</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">look for myself</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">i found you</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">i found home</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">i found a smile</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">on the sidewalk</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">discarded</span></div>
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Udita Banerjeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00319922744252378061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9171140953212534257.post-25911274349386387852015-01-16T11:00:00.000+00:002015-01-16T11:00:05.111+00:00Day 16<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">wait</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">you're alive?</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">i thought you were dead</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">why are your eyes</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">glass?</span></div>
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Udita Banerjeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00319922744252378061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9171140953212534257.post-62622542245864157652015-01-15T11:00:00.000+00:002015-01-15T11:00:05.410+00:00Day 15<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">edinburgh</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">how she looks</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">her very best</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">with the wind</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the rain</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the sleet</span></div>
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Udita Banerjeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00319922744252378061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9171140953212534257.post-31448941621502636692015-01-14T11:00:00.000+00:002015-01-14T11:00:01.052+00:00Day 14<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">these men from fiction</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">that leap out of pages</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">ruin my mind</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">ruin my life</span></div>
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Udita Banerjeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00319922744252378061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9171140953212534257.post-60989291862512436182015-01-13T11:00:00.000+00:002015-01-13T11:00:04.306+00:00Day 13<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">religion</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">is as much mine</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">as yours</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">let me interpret it</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">too</span></div>
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Udita Banerjeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00319922744252378061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9171140953212534257.post-40219662298039461472015-01-12T11:00:00.000+00:002015-01-12T11:00:11.124+00:00Day 12<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">i have a manuscript</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">i must be a writer</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">not.</span></div>
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Udita Banerjeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00319922744252378061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9171140953212534257.post-79489851124399888142015-01-11T11:00:00.000+00:002015-01-11T11:00:01.327+00:00Day 11<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">let me lie still</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">unmoving</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">while</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">i draw up a future</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">for you</span></div>
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Udita Banerjeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00319922744252378061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9171140953212534257.post-22539485774286555452015-01-10T11:00:00.000+00:002015-01-10T11:00:04.900+00:00Day 10<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">is poetry dead?</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">are you alive?</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">if yes, then no.</span></div>
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Udita Banerjeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00319922744252378061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9171140953212534257.post-40774096080645055662015-01-09T11:00:00.000+00:002015-01-09T11:00:04.048+00:00Day 9<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">multiples of three</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">count heartbeats</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">i still am</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">i still am</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">i still am</span></div>
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Udita Banerjeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00319922744252378061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9171140953212534257.post-88487569079211752442015-01-08T11:00:00.000+00:002015-01-08T11:00:04.669+00:00Day 8<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">walking on cobbles</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">in kitten heels -</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">like life -</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">slippery and beautiful</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">tick tick tick</span></div>
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Udita Banerjeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00319922744252378061noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9171140953212534257.post-17192708835146806992015-01-07T11:00:00.000+00:002015-01-07T11:00:06.544+00:00Day 7<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">what is it</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">that makes the</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">sung hang low</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the moon soar</span></div>
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Udita Banerjeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00319922744252378061noreply@blogger.com0