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Not bombs nor my broken heart can take away from me walking barefoot with you in jasmine June through the Field of Mars.

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Paullina Simons
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: January 1
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St. Petersburg
Bombs
Field
Fields
Walking
Broken
Jasmine
Away
Barefoot
Take
June
Heart
Mars

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