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She pushed the gardener away and called for them. In her sleep she had seen love. It was poisoning. It was possessing. Devouring. Or it was seven pairs of boots climbing up the stairs to find her.

Francesca Lia Block

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Francesca Lia Block
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: January 3
Editor
Novelist
Poet
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LA
California
Find
Pairs
Love
Boots
Climbing
Devouring
Seven
Poisoning
Seen
Possessing
Sleep
Gardener
Called
Stairs
Away
Pushed

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