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There were tiny stars behind my eyelids, a whole galaxy of tiny, spinning stars.

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Lucy Christopher
Age: 54
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Doesn't that hurt? I said. Yep. How do you keep them in there? I'm stubborn. You grinned. Stubborn as a waddywood. And anyway, pain means it's healing. Not always.
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