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To Staci
—In Memory of Tram—
THERE IS LOVE IN ME THE LIKES OF WHICH YOU’VE NEVER SEEN. THERE IS RAGE IN ME THE LIKES OF WHICH SHOULD NEVER ESCAPE.
—Mary Shelley, Frankenstein
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