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William S. Burroughs Quotes: Death was in every sell of his body. He gave off a faint, greenish steam of decay. Lee imagined he would glow in the dark.
         

Death was in every sell of his body. He gave off a faint, greenish steam of decay. Lee imagined he would glow in the dark.


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