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Sometimes the break in your heart is like the hole in the flute. Sometimes it’s the place where the music comes through.

Andrea Gibson

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Andrea Gibson
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: August 13
Poet
Calais
Maine
Andrew Gibson
Music
Sometimes
Flute
Heart
Flutes
Love
Hole
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Holes
Break
Comes
Place

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