<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6890153653500854982</id><updated>2011-07-07T17:50:27.306-07:00</updated><title type='text'>A Whirl of Confusion</title><subtitle type='html'>stories, poems, ramblings</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://awhirlofconfusion.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6890153653500854982/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://awhirlofconfusion.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Kristie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04311614990465763232</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tUSvaIKzEcY/S55WJdYLQ9I/AAAAAAAABBM/0Vk1q5kI4_o/S220/PTRCG.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>7</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6890153653500854982.post-8411554860620132434</id><published>2009-08-16T17:26:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-16T17:30:08.101-07:00</updated><title type='text'>love's own picture show</title><content type='html'>As the picture fades out and time moves on&lt;br /&gt;People age and laughter dies out quickly&lt;br /&gt;As time will tell and love becomes a con&lt;br /&gt;Rumors fly and lies spread very swiftly&lt;br /&gt;The camera flashes oh so cold&lt;br /&gt;The clocks fly by with tiresome faces&lt;br /&gt;Love becomes our strong and only hold&lt;br /&gt;Tons of faded pictures are in cases&lt;br /&gt;Yet one goes through those cases to find what&lt;br /&gt;Broken hearts, lost loves; more faded pictures&lt;br /&gt;Broken clocks, laughter's gone, an open cut&lt;br /&gt;That bleeds like the sweet and sour mixtures&lt;br /&gt;The days of yesterday may come and go&lt;br /&gt;Just like the day of love's own picture show&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6890153653500854982-8411554860620132434?l=awhirlofconfusion.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://awhirlofconfusion.blogspot.com/feeds/8411554860620132434/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6890153653500854982&amp;postID=8411554860620132434' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6890153653500854982/posts/default/8411554860620132434'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6890153653500854982/posts/default/8411554860620132434'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://awhirlofconfusion.blogspot.com/2009/08/loves-own-picture-show.html' title='love&apos;s own picture show'/><author><name>Kristie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04311614990465763232</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tUSvaIKzEcY/S55WJdYLQ9I/AAAAAAAABBM/0Vk1q5kI4_o/S220/PTRCG.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6890153653500854982.post-6034473464574723272</id><published>2009-08-16T17:20:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-16T17:25:14.036-07:00</updated><title type='text'>letters</title><content type='html'>Lost letters linger on the last shelf&lt;br /&gt;hoping to be held in the hands of the heartfelt receivers.&lt;br /&gt;Years of yearning, young so long ago. &lt;br /&gt;Wandering down the deep dark shelves, desperate and&lt;br /&gt;longing to reunite the lost loves of long ago.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6890153653500854982-6034473464574723272?l=awhirlofconfusion.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://awhirlofconfusion.blogspot.com/feeds/6034473464574723272/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6890153653500854982&amp;postID=6034473464574723272' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6890153653500854982/posts/default/6034473464574723272'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6890153653500854982/posts/default/6034473464574723272'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://awhirlofconfusion.blogspot.com/2009/08/letters.html' title='letters'/><author><name>Kristie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04311614990465763232</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tUSvaIKzEcY/S55WJdYLQ9I/AAAAAAAABBM/0Vk1q5kI4_o/S220/PTRCG.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6890153653500854982.post-2723926806841393885</id><published>2009-08-16T17:10:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-16T17:11:51.568-07:00</updated><title type='text'>soul</title><content type='html'>close your eyes&lt;br /&gt;free your mind&lt;br /&gt;set your soul at ease&lt;br /&gt;open your eyes&lt;br /&gt;blot out bad thoughts&lt;br /&gt;and let your soul breathe&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6890153653500854982-2723926806841393885?l=awhirlofconfusion.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://awhirlofconfusion.blogspot.com/feeds/2723926806841393885/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6890153653500854982&amp;postID=2723926806841393885' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6890153653500854982/posts/default/2723926806841393885'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6890153653500854982/posts/default/2723926806841393885'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://awhirlofconfusion.blogspot.com/2009/08/soul.html' title='soul'/><author><name>Kristie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04311614990465763232</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tUSvaIKzEcY/S55WJdYLQ9I/AAAAAAAABBM/0Vk1q5kI4_o/S220/PTRCG.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6890153653500854982.post-2384857858302715127</id><published>2009-08-16T17:06:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-16T17:07:57.796-07:00</updated><title type='text'>emotions</title><content type='html'>running through seclusion&lt;br /&gt;nothing all around&lt;br /&gt;worlds of laughter&lt;br /&gt;yet tears the only sound&lt;br /&gt;a key with no lock&lt;br /&gt;a window with nothing there&lt;br /&gt;your only expression&lt;br /&gt;the silent stare&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6890153653500854982-2384857858302715127?l=awhirlofconfusion.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://awhirlofconfusion.blogspot.com/feeds/2384857858302715127/comments/default' 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src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tUSvaIKzEcY/S55WJdYLQ9I/AAAAAAAABBM/0Vk1q5kI4_o/S220/PTRCG.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6890153653500854982.post-873096155072606826</id><published>2009-08-13T08:34:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-13T08:37:45.994-07:00</updated><title type='text'>the writer</title><content type='html'>I the eternal dreamer&lt;br /&gt;watch the surreal men&lt;br /&gt;with their drunk vision&lt;br /&gt;try to please and fill the empty voids&lt;br /&gt;of the gorgeous metaphoric women&lt;br /&gt;absurd lust creates&lt;br /&gt;a psychedelic miasma&lt;br /&gt;where metaphoric women&lt;br /&gt;delirious and manipulated&lt;br /&gt;by a replusive passion&lt;br /&gt;are frantically searching&lt;br /&gt;for that essential moment&lt;br /&gt;and I the eternal dreamer&lt;br /&gt;watch as the lives of the&lt;br /&gt;surreal and metaphoric&lt;br /&gt;are thrown away&lt;br /&gt;then turn my non existing attention&lt;br /&gt;else where&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6890153653500854982-873096155072606826?l=awhirlofconfusion.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://awhirlofconfusion.blogspot.com/feeds/873096155072606826/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6890153653500854982&amp;postID=873096155072606826' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6890153653500854982/posts/default/873096155072606826'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6890153653500854982/posts/default/873096155072606826'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://awhirlofconfusion.blogspot.com/2009/08/writer.html' title='the writer'/><author><name>Kristie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04311614990465763232</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tUSvaIKzEcY/S55WJdYLQ9I/AAAAAAAABBM/0Vk1q5kI4_o/S220/PTRCG.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6890153653500854982.post-917232491846530144</id><published>2009-08-13T08:29:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-13T08:34:11.918-07:00</updated><title type='text'>thoughts to an unknown soul</title><content type='html'>a voice echos off the empty walls&lt;br /&gt;too many thoughts to be contained&lt;br /&gt;yet no mortal ear, nor heart to hear&lt;br /&gt;the cry of the writer's dreams&lt;br /&gt;so onto paper with with pen&lt;br /&gt;do I write &lt;br /&gt;and so I'll echo endlessly &lt;br /&gt;into the the night&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' 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soul'/><author><name>Kristie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04311614990465763232</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tUSvaIKzEcY/S55WJdYLQ9I/AAAAAAAABBM/0Vk1q5kI4_o/S220/PTRCG.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6890153653500854982.post-8593855573145015651</id><published>2007-06-26T18:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-06-26T18:46:10.928-07:00</updated><title type='text'>...</title><content type='html'>Night follows the darkness of day&lt;br /&gt;That crushed the joys of tomorrow&lt;br /&gt;The winds that blow are cold and strong&lt;br /&gt;Emptiness embraces me&lt;br /&gt;I sit upon the sands of time&lt;br /&gt;As the harsh sea tries to claim my mortal soul&lt;br /&gt;The darkness swirls with emptiness&lt;br /&gt;As night does its dance&lt;br /&gt;My mind whirls with thoughts of confusion&lt;br /&gt;My tired body lay beaten on the sand&lt;br /&gt;Night strolls around circling me with darkness&lt;br /&gt;Emptiness seeps into my veins&lt;br /&gt;Come my sun&lt;br /&gt;Bring life back into my soul&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6890153653500854982-8593855573145015651?l=awhirlofconfusion.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://awhirlofconfusion.blogspot.com/feeds/8593855573145015651/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6890153653500854982&amp;postID=8593855573145015651' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6890153653500854982/posts/default/8593855573145015651'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' 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