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and I get refill number three or four and the wine is making my bones loose and it's giving my hair a red sheen and my breasts are blooming and my eyes feel sultry and wise and the dress is water.

Aimee Bender

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Aimee Bender
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: June 28
Novelist
Writer
the United States of America
Refill
Feels
Wise
Drunk
Refills
Giving
Eyes
Red
Sultry
Four
Dresses
Sheen
Eye
Bones
Blooming
Water
Wine
Loose
Making
Number
Breasts
Three
Hair
Feel
Numbers
Dress

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