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		<title>Are We Backtracking on Martin Luther King&#8217;s Dream?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 21:20:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony Jefferson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; &#160; By: Tony L. Jefferson, Jr. &#160; &#160; As I look at society today, I can’t help but ask the title question. The overall message of King’s Dream was equality. Race, sex, class and others are but branches of equality that we have to achieve balance in. Have we transcended all of these to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=poeticmindstate.com&amp;blog=4545100&amp;post=1140&amp;subd=tjefferson85&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>There Once was a Man</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 19:21:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony Jefferson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; &#160; By: Tony L. Jefferson, Jr. &#160; &#160; &#160; There once was a man on a quest for greatness One thing stood in his way He spent most his life searching for that one thing that held him back He’d always blame others for his shortcomings Losing love and friends along the way His [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=poeticmindstate.com&amp;blog=4545100&amp;post=1136&amp;subd=tjefferson85&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Denying Love I Deserve</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 02:59:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony Jefferson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; &#160; By: Tony L. Jefferson, Jr. &#160; &#160; &#160; I can no longer pretend my heart has turned cold When the embers still burn red hot I can no longer deny the passion I feel The loneliness is felt on a daily I wonder what the feeling feels like again The feeling of being [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=poeticmindstate.com&amp;blog=4545100&amp;post=1132&amp;subd=tjefferson85&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Last Percenters</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:43:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony Jefferson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; &#160; By: Tony L. Jefferson, Jr. &#160; &#160; &#160; We that strive to BE Strive to achieve regardless of where we were BRED Regardless of the tragedies we endure or the hard times we FACE It is WE the Last Percenters WE who are SELFLESS No SELFISHNESS We’re the percent that the 1% FORGOT [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=poeticmindstate.com&amp;blog=4545100&amp;post=1120&amp;subd=tjefferson85&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>No Sunlight</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 17:07:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony Jefferson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By: Tony L. Jefferson, Jr. As I sit and stare at the sunshine shining It doesn’t seem to make it’s way my way Leaving my life shrouded in darkness I stare at happiness as I percieve it I see the couples kissing The kids playing All the while I sit here alone longing for the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=poeticmindstate.com&amp;blog=4545100&amp;post=1125&amp;subd=tjefferson85&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Moments of Clarity</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 02:19:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony Jefferson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; &#160; By: Tony L. Jefferson, Jr. &#160; Moments of clarity as the drunks call it A moment when you realize the path of your life When you realize you are truly grown and in control of your destiny A destiny not controlled by anyone but yourself I seek love like every other, just don’t [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=poeticmindstate.com&amp;blog=4545100&amp;post=1116&amp;subd=tjefferson85&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>2011 in review</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2011 23:01:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony Jefferson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here&#8217;s an excerpt: A New York City subway train holds 1,200 people. This blog was viewed about 6,700 times in 2011. If it were a NYC subway train, it would take about 6 trips to carry that many people. Click here to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=poeticmindstate.com&amp;blog=4545100&amp;post=1112&amp;subd=tjefferson85&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Holidays</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Dec 2011 06:14:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony Jefferson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Happy Holidays from Poetic MindState. Whatever you celebrate or even if you don&#8217;t just know i&#8217;m wishing the best for you! Hope that your New Year is fruitful! Stay blessed! Filed under: 1 Tagged: Christmas, Hanukkah, happy holidays, holidays, Kwanzaa, new year, new years<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=poeticmindstate.com&amp;blog=4545100&amp;post=1108&amp;subd=tjefferson85&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hidden in the Words</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Dec 2011 19:26:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony Jefferson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; &#160; By: Tony L. Jefferson, Jr. &#160; Does she really want he real? Does she wants the pain that coms with reality? Joy comes in the morning Or so they say You’re alive so that’s joy enough But what do they really want outta life Life is for the living, not the dying or [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=poeticmindstate.com&amp;blog=4545100&amp;post=1104&amp;subd=tjefferson85&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bittersweet</title>
		<link>http://poeticmindstate.com/2011/12/07/bittersweet/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 04:01:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony Jefferson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; &#160; By: Tony L. Jefferson, Jr. &#160; Love breaks the dawn But all we feel is the pain of hate Hate that breed’s violence against out fellow man Wish I could love freely But it’s all just bittersweet Life is a making of a fantasy you make reality Reality you may not be truly [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=poeticmindstate.com&amp;blog=4545100&amp;post=1095&amp;subd=tjefferson85&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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