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Your mouth is a lonely place but I keep coming back.

Warsan Shire

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Warsan Shire
Age: 36
Born: 1988
Born: January 1
Poet
Writer
Republic of Kenya
Mouths
Lonely
Coming
Keep
Place
Back
Mouth

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