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We live in a silent explosion, Everything is flying away from everything else... flying away... flying away...

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Jerry Spinelli
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: February 1
Novelist
Writer
Norristown
Pennsylvania
Explosion
Explosions
Flying
Silent
Away
Else
Live
Everything

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