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Stab me if you can enjoy it - but not if it feels like a duty. Stab me vertically if I'm lying down and horizontally if I'm running

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Steve Aylett
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: January 1
Author
Novelist
Satirist
Science Fiction Writer
Bromley
Duty
Lying
Enjoy
Running
Feels
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Horizontally
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