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A lizard in the spring - hear his darling sing. A bird with wings to fly - go back to his darling weep and moan till he dies. A mole in the ground - root a mountain down.
Charles Frazier
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Charles Frazier
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: November 4
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Asheville
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Verbs. All of them tiring.
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He had been alone in the world and empty for so long. But she filled him full, and so he believed everything that had been taken out of him might have been for a purpose. To clear space for something better.
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