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I know a thousand things louder than a soldier's gun I know the heartbeat of his mother.

Andrea Gibson

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Andrea Gibson
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: August 13
Poet
Calais
Maine
Andrew Gibson
Things
Louder
Heartbeat
Soldier
Gun
Thousand
Mother
Heart

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