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She takes another long haul, lets the smoke settle in her lungs-- she has heard somewhere that cigarettes are good for grief. One long drag and you forget how to cry. The body too busy dealing with the poison.
Colum McCann
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Colum McCann
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: February 28
Academic
Journalist
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Dublin city
Long
Busy
Lets
Good
Grief
Cigarette
Cry
Drag
Takes
Settling
Heard
Poison
Haul
Forget
Dealing
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Lungs
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Somewhere
Settle
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