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Soft flesh is eaten by hard teeth.

Isaac Marion

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Isaac Marion
Age: 42
Born: 1981
Born: December 30
Music Journalist
Novelist
Writer
Seattle
Washington
Zombie
Eaten
Soft
Teeth
Flesh
Hard

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I'm not a general or a colonel or a builder of cities. I'm just a corpse who wants not to be.
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In my mind I am eloquent I can climb intricate scaffolds of words to reach the highest cathedral ceilings and paint my thoughts. But when I open my mouth, everything collapses.
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