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I try to shake it loose-but these ideas, they cling. It's like I'm shackled to them with an iron chain. They rattle along behind me, dragging against the ground, always reminding me of their presence.

Maureen Johnson

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Maureen Johnson
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: February 16
Author
Novelist
Writer
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Behinds
Loose
Along
Chain
Behind
Shake
Shackled
Ideas
Shakes
Pensive
Trying
Iron
Rattle
Always
Chains
Dragging
Like
Presence
Reminding
Ground
Cling

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