"I was born on the prairies where the wind blew free and there was nothing to break the light of the sun. I was born where there were no enclosures."

Childhood, Light, Nothing, Sun, Wind

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"I was born on the prairies where the wind blew free and there was nothing to break the light of the sun. I was born where there were no enclosures."

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