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We're boxed in and labeled before we're ever able to speak who we believe we are or who we dream we'll become.

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Andrea Gibson
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: August 13
Poet
Calais
Maine
Andrew Gibson
Become
Able
Ever
Believe
Boxed
Labeled
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Hey, are you a boy or a — never mind, can I have a push on the swing?” And some day, y’all, when we grow up, it’s all gonna be that simple.
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