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Adam strokes my head, my face, he kisses my tears. We are blessed. Let them all go. The sound of a bird flying low across the garden. Then nothing. Nothing. A cloud passes. Nothing again. Light falls through the window, falls onto me, into me. Moments. All gathering towards this one.

Jenny Downham

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Jenny Downham
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: January 1
Actor
Author
Film Actor
Novelist
Writer
Inner and Outer London
Faces
Across
Adam
Sound
Blessed
Falls
Fall
Bird
Onto
Moments
Garden
Flying
Kisses
Light
Window
Clouds
Strokes
Nothing
Tears
Lows
Cloud
Head
Kissing
Gathering
Face
Towards
Passes

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