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We both laugh. And it feels good. A release. Like laughing at a funeral. Maybe inappropriate, but definitely needed.

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Jay Asher
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: September 30
Novelist
Writer
Arcadia
California
Definitely
Laugh
Laughing
Needed
Maybe
Feels
Inappropriate
Good
Funeral
Like
Release

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