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And then more quiet, silence so deep it almost drowned out the roar of the night music that pounded away in my secret self.

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Jeff Lindsay
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: July 14
Novelist
Playwright
Writer
Miami
Florida
Jeffry P. Freundlich
Jeffry P. Lindsay
Away
Pounded
Night
Roar
Music
Drowned
Self
Quiet
Deep
Silence
Almost
Secret

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