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“Even in my dreams I would steal the wings from birds and try to fly, or grow the lithe legs of a hare so I could race across a moonlit field. Mostly my dreams consisted of sinking into the wet-black below my feet, right up to my neck, and I’d wake just before my head was covered in darkness.”

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Book:The Taxidermist's Lover
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