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hornworm hooked beneath
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undulating loss
black back bowed and hooked
swaying to pick that leafing
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a lean green tobacco leaf
undulating loss
black back bowed and hooked
swaying to pick that leafing
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creased between empire and salt.
Mother braided three names into my …
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