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Once again the absurdity of my inner thoughts overwhelms me, and I want to crawl out of my skin, escape my ugly, awkward flesh and be a skeleton, naked and anonymous.

Isaac Marion

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Isaac Marion
Age: 42
Born: 1981
Born: December 30
Music Journalist
Novelist
Writer
Seattle
Washington
Escape
Skin
Overwhelms
Skins
Skeleton
Naked
Crawl
Flesh
Skeletons
Ugly
Anonymous
Inner
Absurdity
Thoughts
Awkward

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