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Away from the bright motion of the party, she carried her sadness like a dark stone clenched in her palm.

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Kim Edwards
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: May 4
Author
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Killeen
Texas
Sadness
Stones
Clenched
Dark
Palm
Party
Palms
Father
Motion
Away
Carried
Like
Stone
Bright

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