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Leonore Hildebrandt

A folded up newspaper with a photo of Joe Biden and the headline "Expelled Minors Sent to Mexico Instead of Home"

I Cannot Live Without You

by Leonore Hildebrandt

By Leonore Hildebrandt. An Inaugural ode to these United States of America, as she stands today.

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