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...I wondered if it was blasphemous to tell God that rainbows are kitsch.

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Steve Toltz
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: January 1
Novelist
Writer
Sydney
NSW
Stephen Toltz
Blasphemous
Rainbows
Kitsch
Wondered
Rainbow
Tell

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