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I would kiss you in the middle of the ocean during a lightning storm cuz I'd rather be left for dead than wondering what thunder sounds like.

Andrea Gibson

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Andrea Gibson
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: August 13
Poet
Calais
Maine
Andrew Gibson
Would
Kissing
Like
Ocean
Cuz
Dead
Wondering
Middle
Thunder
Wonder
Lightning
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Kiss
Sound
Storm
Left
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