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Cleansed, chlorinated to the point of chemical peel, sore muscles relieved, I felt almost human again. Tiptoe to my room, up a darkened hall, past closed doors, I wondered if I'd ever feel completely human again.

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Ellen Hopkins
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: March 26
Novelist
Writer
Long Beach
California
Ellen Louise Hopkins
Humans
Room
Hall
Tiptoe
Feel
Rooms
Wondered
Tiptoes
Feels
Almost
Chemicals
Cleansed
Point
Halls
Darkened
Felt
Closed
Peel
Past
Muscles
Sore
Ever
Completely
Relieved
Human
Doors
Chemical

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