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Remember how it was when we kissed? Armfuls and armfuls of light thrown right at us. A rope dropping down from the sky. How can the word love and the word life even fit in the mouth?

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Jandy Nelson
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: November 25
Writer
New York City
New York
Even
Mouth
Love
Mouths
Life
Fit
Sky
Word
Kissed
Light
Dropping
Remember
Rope
Right
Thrown

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