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	<title>The Tears of Brize &#187; Enlightenment</title>
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		<title>Pretty is as Pretty does&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://trdmf.com/brize/2007/11/03/pretty-is-as-pretty-does/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Nov 2007 18:19:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Jury Selection Complete</title>
		<link>http://trdmf.com/brize/2007/08/26/jury-selection-complete/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Aug 2007 14:42:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brize</dc:creator>
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It&#8217;s your turn to cry&#8230;&#8230;..
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<p>It&#8217;s your turn to cry&#8230;&#8230;..</p>
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		<title>Fishing&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2007 14:22:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One morning the husband returns after several hours of fishing and decides to take a nap. Although not familiar with the lake, the wife decides to take out the boat. She motors a short distance, anchors, and reads her book.
Along comes a Game Warden in his boat. He pulls up alongside the woman and says, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>One morning the husband returns after several hours of fishing and decides to take a nap. Although not familiar with the lake, the wife decides to take out the boat. She motors a short distance, anchors, and reads her book.</p>
<p>Along comes a Game Warden in his boat. He pulls up alongside the woman and says, &#8220;Good morning, Ma&#8217;am. What are you doing?&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Reading a book,&#8221; she replies, (thinking, isn&#8217;t that obvious?)</p>
<p>&#8220;You&#8217;re in a Restricted Fishing Area,&#8221; he informs her.</p>
<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m sorry, officer, but I&#8217;m not fishing. I&#8217;m reading.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Yes, but you have all the equipment. For all I know you could start at any moment. I&#8217;ll have to take you in and write you up.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;If you do that, I&#8217;ll have to charge you with sexual assault,&#8221; says the woman.</p>
<p>&#8220;But I haven&#8217;t even touched you,&#8221; says the game warden.</p>
<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s true, but you have all the equipment. For all I know you could start at any moment.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Have a nice day ma&#8217;am,&#8221; and he left.</p>
<p>MORAL: Never argue with a woman who reads. It&#8217;s likely she can also think.</p>
<p>Copy this and Send it to four women who are thinkers. If you have read this, you know you&#8217;re intelligent.</p>
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		<title>how very close</title>
		<link>http://trdmf.com/brize/2007/07/17/how-very-close/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2007 14:57:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brize</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[how very close
is your soul with mine
i know for sure
everything you think
goes through my mind
i am with you
now and doomsday
not like a host
caring for you
at a feast alone
with you i am happy
all the times
the time i offer my life
or the time
you gift me your love
offering my life
is a profitable venture
each life i give
you pay in [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>how very close<br />
is your soul with mine<br />
i know for sure<br />
everything you think<br />
goes through my mind</p>
<p>i am with you<br />
now and doomsday<br />
not like a host<br />
caring for you<br />
at a feast alone</p>
<p>with you i am happy<br />
all the times<br />
the time i offer my life<br />
or the time<br />
you gift me your love</p>
<p>offering my life<br />
is a profitable venture<br />
each life i give<br />
you pay in turn<br />
a hundred lives again</p>
<p>in this house<br />
there are a thousand<br />
dead and still souls<br />
making you stay<br />
as this will be yours</p>
<p>a handful of earth<br />
cries aloud<br />
i used to be hair or<br />
i used to be bones</p>
<p>and just the moment<br />
when you are all confused<br />
leaps forth a voice<br />
hold me close<br />
i&#8217;m love and<br />
i&#8217;m always yours </p>
<p>ghazal number 1515, translated from Rumi by Nader Khalili</p>
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		<title>Genie Atrapado</title>
		<link>http://trdmf.com/brize/2007/07/13/genie-atrapado/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jul 2007 00:03:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brize</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Enlightenment]]></category>

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Genie Atrapado
I’m awake,
in the still,
glassy air,
touching
reflections,
free,
knowing
the bottle
was a figment,
an entanglement— 
to save my soul
from itself.
Genie Atrapado No Mas
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<p>Genie Atrapado</p>
<p>I’m awake,<br />
in the still,<br />
glassy air,</p>
<p>touching<br />
reflections,</p>
<p>free,</p>
<p>knowing<br />
the bottle</p>
<p>was a figment,<br />
an entanglement— </p>
<p>to save my soul<br />
from itself.</p>
<p>Genie Atrapado No Mas</p>
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