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Love is like sunshine. Sometimes you have to get burned to know you were there. I want to know that I'm here.

Andrea Gibson

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Andrea Gibson
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: August 13
Poet
Calais
Maine
Andrew Gibson
Sometimes
Love
Like
Burned
Sunshine

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