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All that\ncrosses the space between us\nis a certain vulnerability deep,\ndeep in your eyes. If only I could\ndive in their reflection and charter \nthe swirls, the depths sounding\ntwenty years.","content":"Debbie Robson loves to write fiction set in the first sixty years of the last century. 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