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Do you think anger is a sincere emotion or the timid motion of a fragile heart trying to beat away its pain?

Andrea Gibson

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Andrea Gibson
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: August 13
Poet
Calais
Maine
Andrew Gibson
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Anger
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Pain
Timid
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Heart
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