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My eyelids are my own private cave, he murmured. That I can go to anytime I want.
Aimee Bender
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Aimee Bender
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: June 28
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the United States of America
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I am the drying meadow you the unspoken apology he is the fluctuating distance between mother and son she is the first gesture that creates a quiet that is full enough to make the baby sleep. My genes, my love, are rubber bands and rope make yourself a structure you can live inside. Amen.
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