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Putting her eye to the small scratch in the frosting on the surgery]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161155/@felt.buzz/badly-kept-secrets-a-humpbuckle-tale</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-161155/@felt.buzz/badly-kept-secrets-a-humpbuckle-tale</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-161155]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[felt.buzz]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 19 Apr 2023 06:38:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/NTy4GV6ooFRmaCXZ8UYgPhoud1kjiNX8QokLEZtbBKLuLWQ9yt7K3o4GiYwEmDzyD5dTtH97TA2awqsjvS2y8W8CpZ3H621iR2b3ZjM1tnsSUg6t2pCwnD5JfcPK1LPo9RNVdN81Wj5bXRTBpKudDhAx5i4iasT6SW8rkpSz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Soon Enough, a #ZapfFic100 story by Bruce @felt.buzz ]]></title><description><![CDATA[A 100 word #ZapfFic100 story by Bruce @felt.buzz. Inspired by the random word prompt "maximum" ... ... 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