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We hit and we kept on hitting we were allowed to be what we were, frightened and vengeful — little animals, clawing at what we needed.

Justin Torres

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Justin Torres
Age: 44
Born: 1980
Born: January 1
Novelist
New York
United States
Animals
Needed
Animal
Clawing
Littles
Vengeful
Little
Hitting
Frightened
Allowed
Kept

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