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They tied me back together, but they didn't use double knots. My insides are draining out of the fault lines in my skin, I can feel it, but every time I check the bandages, they're dry.

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Laurie Halse Anderson
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: October 23
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Laurie Beth Halse
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Lines
Double
Use
Tied
Didn
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Together
Fault
Bandages
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Insides
Feel
Skin
Draining
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Skins
Knots
Every
Faults
Dry

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