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You could be the leaf that never falls from the tree you could be the sun that never leaves the sky this might be the happy ending without the ending this might be a reason to try

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David Levithan
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: September 7
Author
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Short Hills
New Jersey
Might
Falls
Without
Leaves
Trying
Sky
Never
Sun
Tree
Happy
Leafs
Fall
Leaf
Reason
Ending

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