<?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-4296114707358605288</id><updated>2011-07-07T17:35:02.225-07:00</updated><title type='text'>An Aspiring Writer</title><subtitle type='html'>Some excerpts from a novice seeking to fulfill his passion for writing.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://barrybujol.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4296114707358605288/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://barrybujol.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Barry Bujol</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11265207417269933307</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>2</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296114707358605288.post-6324550837071766406</id><published>2008-07-14T15:29:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-15T09:49:51.591-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Long Sleep</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_urMyVh4e1fE/SHzUdEWvGSI/AAAAAAAAAAg/wLmGd3TWXcA/s1600-h/Tree.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223283263693330722" style="DISPLAY: block; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_urMyVh4e1fE/SHvTD5BY30I/AAAAAAAAAAM/1HDDF_qWHHs/s320/traveler.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;I looked back at the prints left on the concrete&lt;br /&gt;Some invisible, others black, from mud on my feet&lt;br /&gt;I could think of a source for sanity's sake&lt;br /&gt;Only to discover the origin in the shortcut I decided to take&lt;br /&gt;The brave, unpaved, unprincipled route&lt;br /&gt;This was the best way I knew to get out&lt;br /&gt;The sun detailed the sidewalk, every crack, every hole&lt;br /&gt;Behind me, in the shadows may have been the same,less, or more&lt;br /&gt;I could have kept forward with heavy foot, or cleaned my sole&lt;br /&gt;But passion preceded consciousness, the core was cold&lt;br /&gt;Time had room for occupation,but fear of loss bred hesitation&lt;br /&gt;So I kept on moving, muddy towards my destination&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4296114707358605288-3890388601343539985?l=barrybujol.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://barrybujol.blogspot.com/feeds/3890388601343539985/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4296114707358605288&amp;postID=3890388601343539985' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4296114707358605288/posts/default/3890388601343539985'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4296114707358605288/posts/default/3890388601343539985'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://barrybujol.blogspot.com/2008/07/shortcut.html' title='The Shortcut'/><author><name>Barry Bujol</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11265207417269933307</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_urMyVh4e1fE/SHvTD5BY30I/AAAAAAAAAAM/1HDDF_qWHHs/s72-c/traveler.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
