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Possibilities ...in the closet ...itching ...to break out ...but afraid of ...the fallout

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Ellen Hopkins
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: March 26
Novelist
Writer
Long Beach
California
Ellen Louise Hopkins
Fallout
Itching
Closet
Closets
Possibilities
Possibility
Afraid
Break

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But then, my entire life is bullshit. The best things in it have vanished, ghosts. Ghosts I'll admit I created.
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The problem with resolutions is they're only as solid as the person making them.
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When You Weren't Looking ...why. ...Can't you ...care ...more ...about ...me.
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