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Keep breathing. Just keep doing it. It's easy. In and out.
Jenny Downham
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Jenny Downham
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: January 1
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Inner and Outer London
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No, really. I free you.' I don't want to be free.
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I miss him as soon as he goes. When he isn't with me, I think I made him up.
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Don't pretend to care. I don't need you as an anesthetic.
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I shrug him off. 'Can't you just go away? There's a moment. It has a sound in it, as if something very small got broken.
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The inside of the door is glossy white. A total re-paint. I touch it with my fingers, but it stays the same. It's so bright it makes the room waver at the edges. Every few years we disappear.
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