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But we danced, under wigs and between unfinished walls, through broken promises and around empty cupboards.

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Sherman Alexie
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: October 7
Film Director
Film Producer
Novelist
Poet
Screenwriter
Writer
Wellpinit
Washington
Sherman Joseph Alexie
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Empty
Promise
Broken
Cupboards
Wall
Wigs
Around
Danced
Unfinished
Promises
Walls

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