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The past scampers like an alley cat through the present, leaving the paw prints of memories scattered helter-skelter.

Charles de Lint

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Charles de Lint
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: December 22
Musician
Novelist
Poet
Writer
Samuel M. Key
Past
Paws
Like
Alleys
Scattered
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Cat
Helter
Leaving
Skelter
Memories
Prints
Present
Alley

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