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Like a feather in a dust storm, with no direction The Raven flies through life, helpless and omitted Until night declares and the wind expires. Then it flies to the land of stones and etchings And becomes an Ember, breaking away

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Jessica Sorensen
Age: 41
Born: 1983
Born: June 2
Novelist
Becomes
Feathers
Etching
Land
Helpless
Omitted
Away
Breaking
Raven
Night
Storm
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Life
Dust
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Ravens
Stones
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Ember
Wind
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