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Clothing left on the bed unfolded. Books stained with coffee spots. Tabs not paid until the last possible second. Boys kissed and then forgotten in a week’s time.

Libba Bray

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Libba Bray
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: March 11
Novelist
Writer
Texas
United States
Lasts
Bed
Tabs
Last
Forgotten
Unfolded
Left
Paid
Stained
Book
Second
Kissed
Time
Boys
Clothings
Week
Clothing
Books
Spots
Possible
Coffee

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