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Jealousy smells like the water in the bottom of a flower vase after the flowers have died.

Megan Hart

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Megan Hart
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: March 27
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Smell
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Died
Flower
Vase
Water
Vases
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Smells
Jealousy
Flowers

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