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i'm sorry but i found your reply rather vague; i wasn't at all sure whether your 'yes' meant yes or if perhaps it meant no so i stood there tearing an orange apart with my fingernails scattering bits of skin, bright against the pale grey of the ground, thinking maybe it didn't really matter after all
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Oct 7, 2011
Oct 7, 2011 at 7:07 PM UTC
the nectarine
i'm sorry but i found your reply rather vague; i wasn't at all sure whether your 'yes' meant yes or if perhaps it meant no so i stood there tearing an orange apart with my fingernails scattering bits of skin, bright against the pale grey of the ground, thinking maybe it didn't really matter after all
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orange-zest
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Oct 7, 2011
Oct 7, 2011 at 7:07 PM UTC
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