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I watch the ashes swim around like dandelion puffs, making swirls where bodies and walls once stood.

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Lauren DeStefano
Age: 39
Born: 1984
Born: October 13
Author
Novelist
Connecticut
United States
Watches
Dandelions
Watch
Swirls
Wall
Puff
Making
Ashes
Around
Walls
Body
Stood
Like
Swim
Puffs
Bodies
Dandelion

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