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Hocus-Pocus

1 My mother-in-law won’t leave me alone.

Black skull candle ($7) stuck with pins Don’t worry, it won’t kill her. “Every pin that you stick in the candle is a complaint you’ve heard that you are turning back to its source. Like: ‘Don’t prick me;

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