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I played the clarinet, and my sister played the violin... If wed had the discipline and the passion, maybe we could have been good.

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Sara Zarr
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: October 3
Novelist
Writer
Cleveland
Ohio
Clarinet
Violin
Sister
Played
Discipline
Maybe
Passion
Good

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It's a jagged thing in my throat, how much I miss her.
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I tried his cell over and over but he never answered. Then I’d call just to hear his voice on the outgoing message, until eventually that was gone too.
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I looked at my hand resting on the shelf of the prop cabinet, thinking of the scars that were there whether anyone could see them or not.
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don’t mistake a new place for a new you.
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