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Louisiana in September was like an obscene phone call from nature. The air - moist, sultry, secretive, and far from fresh - felt as if it were being exhaled into one's face. Sometimes it even sounded like heavy breathing.

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Tom Robbins
Age: 92
Born: 1932
Born: July 22
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Blowing Rock
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Thomas Eugene Robbins
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Phones
Secretive
Even
Heavy
Louisiana
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Air
Obscene
Call
Sounded
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September
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Phone
Sultry
Felt
Fresh
Exhaled
Nature
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