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All the men she's been with and now you, just you, and the barges going by, masts and hulls, the whole damned current of life flowing through you, through her, through all the guys behind you and after you, the flowers and the birds and the sun streaming in and the fragrance of it choking you, annihilating you.

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Henry Miller
Age: 88 †
Born: 1891
Born: December 26
Died: 1980
Died: June 7
Essayist
Novelist
Painter
Writer
New York City
New York
Genri Miller
Henri Miller
Phineas Flapdoodle
Flower
Fragrance
Barges
Behinds
Birds
Hull
Behind
Current
Masts
Guy
Currents
Choking
Whole
Flowers
Streaming
Going
Bird
Choke
Men
Sun
Damned
Life
Guys
Flowing
Annihilating

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