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Sometimes I wanted to peel away all of my skin and find a different me underneath.

Francesca Lia Block

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Francesca Lia Block
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: January 3
Editor
Novelist
Poet
Writer
LA
California
Different
Peel
Underneath
Skin
Skins
Away
Find
Wanted
Sometimes

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