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But it was like a dance across a field strewn with razors, and I bled with every step I took.

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
Dance
Step
Fields
Took
Bled
Steps
Strewn
Every
Razors
Like
Field
Across

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