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This is my heartbeat like yours, it is a hatchet It can build a house or tear one down.

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Andrea Gibson
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: August 13
Poet
Calais
Maine
Andrew Gibson
Tears
Poetry
Inspirational
House
Hatchet
Like
Heartbeat
Tear
Build

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