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And everywhere girls, tumbling from trees like orange blossoms and hitting the earth with sickening thuds. They crack open.

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Lauren DeStefano
Age: 40
Born: 1984
Born: October 13
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Connecticut
United States
Open
Crack
Girl
Orange
Earth
Cracks
Like
Hitting
Trees
Everywhere
Sickening
Girls
Tumbling
Tree
Blossoms

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