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I tattered their wings and tore off their legs, joint by joint, watched them crawl in circles, like little lost infants, untill they decide to die.

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Ellen Hopkins
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: March 26
Novelist
Writer
Long Beach
California
Ellen Louise Hopkins
Lost
Joints
Littles
Infant
Little
Watched
Like
Circles
Tattered
Decide
Tore
Legs
Infants
Wings
Crawl
Dies
Joint

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