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You told me I wrote that poem because I was afraid of dealing with myself. And I used my mom as an excuse, accusing her of not appreciating or accepting me, when I should have been saying those words into a mirror.

Jay Asher

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Jay Asher
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: September 30
Novelist
Writer
Arcadia
California
Used
Wrote
Mom
Appreciating
Appreciate
Accusing
Afraid
Dealing
Accepting
Poem
Told
Mirror
Saying
Mirrors
Words
Excuse

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