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We all have different reasons for forgetting to breathe.

Andrea Gibson

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Andrea Gibson
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: August 13
Poet
Calais
Maine
Andrew Gibson
Breathe
Reasons
Forget
Reason
Different
Forgetting

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