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More than that, the thought rattled uncomfortably in my child brain that I would one day become one of them. My body then was sexless. Though I had seen the curves of adults, I couldn__ fathom the chrysalis that would turn my featureless body into something with heft and gravity, curves and the inclination to use them.
Valentine Glass Between Kay and You: A Bisexual Girl's Cumming-of-Age Confession
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More than that, the thought rattled uncomfortably in my child brain that I would one day become one of them. My body then was sexless. Though I had seen the curves of adults, I couldn__ fathom the chrysalis that would turn my featureless body into something with heft and gravity, curves and the inclination to use them.
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Between Kay and You: A Bisexual Girl's Cumming-of-Age Confession

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