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We stand a professional distance apart, as if I can’t feel his pain screaming in my head. Mine amplifies his they share a joint sound—that of glass breaking—until they swell to a crescendo that deafens.

Ann Aguirre

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Ann Aguirre
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: August 27
Author
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
the United States of America
Ellen Connor
Ava Gray
Pain
Apart
Swell
Feel
Distance
Joint
Feels
Mines
Joints
Mine
Screaming
Stand
Breaking
Share
Glass
Amplifies
Head
Professional
Crescendo
Sound
Glasses
Amplify

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