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The whole world is like Whitewall's razors I burst out. It cuts us, and we bleed but there's no purpose to it.

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Ann Aguirre
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: August 27
Author
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
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the United States of America
Ellen Connor
Ava Gray
Cutting
Purpose
Whole
Like
Razors
World
Bleed
Burst
Cuts

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