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We walked back to iDEATH, holding hands. Hands are very nice things, especially after they have travelled back from making love.

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Richard Brautigan
Age: 49 †
Born: 1935
Born: January 30
Died: 1984
Died: October 25
Novelist
Poet
Writer
Tacoma
Washington
Richard Gary Brautigan
Things
Travelled
Love
Walked
Holding
Especially
Nice
Making
Hands
Back

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