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I leave a lot out when I tell the truth
Amy Hempel
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Amy Hempel
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: December 14
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I would like to go for a ride with you, have you take me to stand before a river in the dark where hundreds of lightning bugs blink this code in sequence: right here, nowhere else! Right now, never again!
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