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One foot in front of the other, counting tiles on the floor so I don't have to focus the blur of painted smiles, fake faces.

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Ellen Hopkins
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: March 26
Novelist
Writer
Long Beach
California
Ellen Louise Hopkins
Focus
Painted
Faces
Counting
Floor
Foot
Fake
Fronts
Tiles
Front
Blur
Feet
Smiles

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