Hunger has always been more or less at my elbow when I played, but now…

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Hunger has always been more or less at my elbow when I played, but now I began to wake up at night to find hunger standing at my bedside, staring at my gauntly. ✨ Richard Wright (2009). Black Boy, p.14, Harper Collins
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Hunger has always been more or less at my elbow when I played, but now I began to wake up at night to find hunger standing at my bedside, staring at my gauntly. ✨ Richard Wright (2009). Black Boy, p.14, Harper Collins

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