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Sometimes i can better describe a person by another person's reaction. in a story in my first book, i couldn't think of a way to sufficiently describe the charisma of a certain boy, so the narrator says, "i knew girls who saved his gum."
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Sometimes I Can Better Describe A Person

Amy Hempel
Sometimes i can better describe a person by another person's reaction. in a story in my first book, i couldn't think of a way to sufficiently describe the charisma of a certain boy, so the narrator says, "i knew girls who saved his gum."
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