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	<title>The-Word-Well &#187; relationships</title>
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	<description>Inspiration by the Bucket</description>
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		<title>Weekly Verse</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 00:44:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sara K. Eisen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Miscellaneous]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[friendship]]></category>
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So, you want people?

Let them in, but just so much past the door;
otherwise they will 
either park on your soul 
or
you
will end up wanting more.

Choose:
Which welcome mat position?
You lose yourself,
Or you simply lose.
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<p><em>So, you want people? </em></p>
<p>Let them in, but just so much past the door;<br />
otherwise they will<br />
either park on your soul<br />
or<br />
<em>you</em><br />
will end up wanting more.</p>
<p>Choose:<br />
Which welcome mat position?<br />
You lose yourself,<br />
Or you simply lose.</p>
<p>You know what they say:<br />
Better to have<br />
let them stand in the entrance hall<br />
of you<br />
and served them drinks and smiles<br />
than never to have let them in at all.<br />
…Or let them in too far.</p>
<p>(This should keep you busy<br />
for a while,<br />
Good Hostess that you are.)</p>
<p><em>- SKE, August &#8217;08</em></p>
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