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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
Dream
Become
Able
Ever
Believe
Boxed
Labeled
Speak

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You panic button collector. You clock of beautiful ticks. You run out the door if you need to. You flock to the front row of your own class. You feather everything until you know you can always, always shake like a leaf on my family tree and know you belong here. You belong here and everything you feel is okay. Everything you feel is okay.
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