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Jean Valentine

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Orange peels, burned letters, the car lights shining on the grass, …

Jean Valentine

A woman ladder leans …

Jean Valentine

Never ran this hard through the valley …

Jean Valentine

He was shoveling sand …

Jean Valentine

Hurt, hurtful, snake-charmed, …

Jean Valentine

The hornet holds on to the curtain, winter …

Jean Valentine

Child …

Jean Valentine

I lay down under language …

Jean Valentine

You who I don’t know I don’t know how to talk to you …

Jean Valentine

When I first heard you on the phone …

Jean Valentine

The helicopter, …

Jean Valentine

In my sleep: …

Jean Valentine

Coming east we left the animals …

Jean Valentine

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