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If you ever reach enlightenment. will you remember how to laugh?

Andrea Gibson

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Andrea Gibson
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: August 13
Poet
Calais
Maine
Andrew Gibson
Laugh
Reach
Laughing
Remember
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Enlightenment

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