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It is a much more straightforward thing to be a dog, and a dog's love, once given, is not reconsidered.

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Robin McKinley
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: November 16
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Warren
Ohio
Jennifer Carolyn Robin McKinley
Much
Love
Reconsidered
Straightforward
Dog
Given
Thing

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