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I said to the sun, ‘Tell me about the big bang.’ The sun said, ‘it hurts to become.

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Andrea Gibson
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: August 13
Poet
Calais
Maine
Andrew Gibson
Bigs
Tell
Become
Bang
Bangs
Hurts
Sun
Hurt

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