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I sleep better knowing that a naked cork-eater is not sneaking around at night, stealing my underwear.

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Maureen Johnson
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: February 16
Author
Novelist
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Knowing
Night
Sneaking
Around
Eater
Better
Cork
Underwear
Stealing
Naked
Sleep

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