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I thought of how proud he was when he took the marks- cutting the skin of his throat in a long slash and then packing it with ashes until keloid scars rose up. He called it his second smile.

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Holly Black
Age: 52
Born: 1971
Born: November 10
Journalist
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New Jersey
United States
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