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Lately, the world felt fragile, like a blown egg, as if it might shatter beneath a careless touch.

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Kim Edwards
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: May 4
Author
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Killeen
Texas
Touch
Father
Shatter
Felt
Lately
Might
Blown
Like
Careless
World
Fragile
Beneath
Eggs

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