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Queen of the Fleas

By Lori Gregory

Jackson Free Press | November 20, 2007

The past three weeks of my life have been one long personal jihad against the fleas currently residing in my house. I call it a "jihad" because the fleas have progressed to the point where they are affecting my mental health: It's me or them.

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