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Half an ear cocked, something in me, all night, every night, is waiting for you to come home.

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Lionel Shriver
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: May 18
Journalist
Novelist
Writer
Gastonia
North Carolina
Margaret Ann Shriver
Margaret Shriver
Half
Night
Home
Come
Every
Something
Cocked
Ears
Waiting

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