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		<title>beating a dead horse</title>
		<link>https://mandavi.ca/writings/beating-a-dead-horse/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Amanda Vi]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2021 21:59:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#160; i get it you want to see if it&#8217;s still there you want to see if i would stare you want to see if i still care  &#160; (I&#8217;d like to know too, but truth is, love and hate is so close when it comes to you) I promised myself I wouldn’t let you [&#8230;]]]></description>
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<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em>i get it</em></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em>you want to see if it&#8217;s still there</em></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em>you want to see if i would stare</em></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em>you want to see if i still care </em></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em>(I&#8217;d like to know too, but truth is, love and hate is so <strong>close</strong> when it comes to you)</em></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em>I promised myself I wouldn’t let you in my bed again  </em></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em>Could we maybe meet at a hotel instead?  </em></p>
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		<title>blocked bitch</title>
		<link>https://mandavi.ca/writings/blocked-bitch/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Amanda Vi]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2020 22:57:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It’s okay if you’re not where you want to be But it is not fair to take that out on me  I don’t care for your hostility  That’s clearly born from jealousy  I won’t slow down I won’t concede  I live on my own with no one to control me Not my fault you dropped [&#8230;]]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span data-contrast="auto">It’s okay if you’re not where you want to be</span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">But it is not fair to take that out on me </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">I don’t care for your hostility </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">That’s clearly born from jealousy </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">I won’t slow down I won’t concede </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">I live on my own with no one to control me</span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Not my fault you dropped out while I get my degree</span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Maybe you should spend more thoughts on you </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">-Rather than me</span></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">You will never succeed </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">With all the hate you bleed </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">(that could never be me) </span></p>
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		<title>leave her alone</title>
		<link>https://mandavi.ca/writings/leave-her-alone/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Amanda Vi]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2020 17:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I can&#8217;t find my footing I feel uneasy with your grip  &#160; Can I hold myself up better?  &#160; Forever mad at who I&#8217;ve been Striving to over correct it &#160; What do you aim for?  &#160; Is everything you say and feel temporary?  Or like me are you a to the grave type?  &#160; [&#8230;]]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span data-contrast="auto">I can&#8217;t find my footing</span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">I feel uneasy with your grip </span></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Can I hold myself up better? </span></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Forever mad at who I&#8217;ve been</span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Striving to over correct it</span></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">What do you aim for? </span></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Is everything you say and feel temporary? </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Or like me are you a to the grave type? </span></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Will I ever know what is permeant to you? </span></p>
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		<title>2am provokings</title>
		<link>https://mandavi.ca/writings/2am-provokings/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Amanda Vi]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2020 04:26:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Remember when you first loved me  And everything was new  Only thought about me and you  But now with you I feel so lonely  &#160; You never loved me after all Just a combination of weed and alcohol That’ll teach me not to fall  &#160;]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span data-contrast="auto">Remember when you first loved me </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">And everything was new </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Only thought about me and you </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">But now with you I feel so lonely </span></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">You never loved me after all</span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Just a combination of weed and alcohol</span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">That’ll teach me not to fall </span></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
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		<title>we&#8217;re all laughing at you</title>
		<link>https://mandavi.ca/writings/were-all-laughing-at-you/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Amanda Vi]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2020 22:22:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ll watch you fall to your death  I&#8217;ll try not to smile  Bite my lips for a while &#160; I&#8217;m too young to take myself out  You&#8217;ll never succeed  Tied down like a tree  &#160; Boiling water poured upon your roots No more room for growth You&#8217;re hitting a new low  &#160; I don&#8217;t have [&#8230;]]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span data-contrast="auto">I&#8217;ll watch you fall to your death </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">I&#8217;ll try not to smile </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Bite my lips for a while</span></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">I&#8217;m too young to take myself out </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">You&#8217;ll never succeed </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Tied down like a tree </span></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Boiling water poured upon your roots</span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">No more room for growth</span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">You&#8217;re hitting a new low </span></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">I don&#8217;t have time to ask if you&#8217;re okay </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">My head is above the waves</span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">My future is this path I pave</span></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">The older we get the clearer we see</span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">You were never the one for me</span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Two broken souls completely lost at sea</span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">You grabbed onto me </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Made me weak</span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Made me bleed</span></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">But now I see</span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">I&#8217;m better than can be</span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">With your spirits underneath my feet </span></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
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		<title>conscious hallucinations</title>
		<link>https://mandavi.ca/writings/conscious-hallucinations/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Amanda Vi]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2020 20:14:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[i&#8217;m aware you aren&#8217;t there but i still stare i guess i still care you were never fair now you&#8217;re somewhere hands in a new pair breathing in that new air i am your biggest scare push your decency down the stairs finding someone like me is rare i know i&#8217;m still there that you [&#8230;]]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>i&#8217;m aware</p>
<p>you aren&#8217;t there</p>
<p>but i still stare</p>
<p>i guess i still care</p>
<p>you were never fair</p>
<p>now you&#8217;re somewhere</p>
<p>hands in a new pair</p>
<p>breathing in that new air</p>
<p>i am your biggest scare</p>
<p>push your decency down the stairs</p>
<p>finding someone like me is rare</p>
<p>i know i&#8217;m still there</p>
<p>that you care</p>
<p>(hold your stare)</p>
<p>(keeping that ring you wear)</p>
<p>(you&#8217;ll always be there)</p>
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		<title>what is existence without resistance? </title>
		<link>https://mandavi.ca/writings/what-is-existence-without-resistance/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Amanda Vi]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2020 22:07:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[but who am i to fall  &#38; stay in love &#160; with someone who never cared if i cried not even at our peak &#160; we&#8217;ve had more than enough each other but i always let you back in puppy eyes, &#8216;please&#8217; , &#8216;it&#8217;s not the same without you&#8217; it&#8217;s not me it&#8217;s nature science [&#8230;]]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>but who am i</p>
<p>to fall  &amp; stay in love</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>with someone who never cared if i cried</p>
<p>not even at our peak</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>we&#8217;ve had more than enough each other</p>
<p>but i always let you back in</p>
<p>puppy eyes, &#8216;please&#8217; , &#8216;it&#8217;s not the same without you&#8217;</p>
<p>it&#8217;s not me</p>
<p>it&#8217;s nature</p>
<p>science</p>
<p>chemical</p>
<p>keeping me here</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>what have you done to me?</p>
<p>do you also have days where the world feels empty because i stole it from you?</p>
<p>what is existence without resistance?</p>
<p>what is love without a little war?</p>
<p>is it even worth it?</p>
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		<title>find me alone at 2 am (and leave me alone)</title>
		<link>https://mandavi.ca/writings/find-me-alone-at-2-am-and-leave-me-alone/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Amanda Vi]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2020 15:48:54 +0000</pubDate>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>you cried</p>
<p>when i talked to the sky</p>
<p>didn&#8217;t matter that</p>
<p>it wasn&#8217;t another guy</p>
<p>i had no one</p>
<p>you made sure</p>
<p>killing you</p>
<p>was my cure</p>
<p>i&#8217;ll lick the blood off my blade</p>
<p>no need to hide in dark and shade</p>
<p>they know</p>
<p>who you are</p>
<p>what you&#8217;ve done</p>
<p>They are quite aware</p>
<p>of the demon you&#8217;ve become</p>
<p>they say everyone deserves love</p>
<p>but i hope you get none</p>
<p>if there isn&#8217;t enough</p>
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		<title>i&#8217;m gonna need a damage deposit next time</title>
		<link>https://mandavi.ca/writings/im-gonna-need-a-damage-deposit-next-time/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Amanda Vi]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Feb 2020 20:22:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[ill never go home again 
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>i live in a perfect place</p>
<p>we don&#8217;t allow people like you, waste</p>
<p>try &amp; fail</p>
<p>back at the beginning of your tale</p>
<p>we accomplish</p>
<p>while you simply fade away</p>
<p>go back to your town</p>
<p>(you&#8217;ve got nothing to say?)</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>i guess a quiet tongue is a truthful one, you&#8217;re right</p>
<p>but one day your conscious will win the fight</p>
<p>(leave me out of it)</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
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		<title>I take the train when I need a life update</title>
		<link>https://mandavi.ca/writings/i-take-the-train-when-i-need-a-life-update/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Amanda Vi]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Feb 2020 04:33:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Flying by the college station  Onto Uni, the next tier  Never did I think I’d be here  To waste my power is a sin  &#160; I love the towers that surround me Make me feel safe, at ease  Finally up off my boney knees  It was all possible I just had to leave  &#160; No [&#8230;]]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span data-contrast="auto">Flying by the college station </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Onto Uni, the next tier </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Never did I think I’d be here </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">To waste my power is a sin </span></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">I love the towers that surround me</span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Make me feel safe, at ease </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Finally up off my boney knees </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">It was all possible I just had to leave </span></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">No one can track me </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">On a fucking cell phone screen</span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">I am completely free </span></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
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