My Name is Not "Those People"


	My Name is Not "Those People"

dmegivern

5-20-2008 6:11 PM

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social services

dmegivern says:

A wonderful poem by Julia Dinsmore

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5-20-2008 9:10 PM

tanyamm

Speaks a world of truth.

5-21-2008 1:28 PM

skwirlinator

Well, I'm a professional example

5-22-2008 2:26 AM

Brimstone

My name is not “that guy with a dead bird on his head”

5-22-2008 8:28 AM

skwirlinator

My name is NOT...Money

5-22-2008 2:16 PM

curomo

I dated a girl like that once... greatest experience of my life.

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