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His voice was cloves and nightingales, it took us to spice markets in the Celebs, we drifted with him on a houseboat beyond the Coral Sea. We were like cobras following a reed flute.

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Janet Fitch
Age: 68
Born: 1955
Born: November 9
Author
Journalist
Novelist
University Teacher
Writer
LA
California
Janet Elizabeth Fitch
Took
Flutes
Beyond
Reed
Voice
Spice
Celebs
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Reeds
Cobras
Spices
Coral
Markets
Drifted
Following
Flute
Sea
Nightingales

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