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They were all dressed in their finest as though life really were some magical stage play in which every moment ought to be illuminated with its own bright spotlight.

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Anna Godbersen
Age: 44
Born: 1980
Born: April 10
Writer
Berkeley
California
Moments
Dressed
Play
Magical
Every
Finest
Really
Bright
Life
Ought
Stage
Though
Illuminated
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