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I was so horny in school it felt like my body was filled with electricity. I felt like I had neon bones or something.

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Patti Smith
Age: 77
Born: 1946
Born: December 30
Composer
Drawer
Guitarist
Human Rights Activist
Musician
Photographer
Poet
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Visual Artist
Writer
Chicago
Illinois
Patricia Lee Smith
Felt
School
Body
Something
Horny
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Neon
Electricity
Bones
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