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The way you're singing in your sleep The way you look before you leap The strange illusions that you keep You don't know But I'm noticing The way your touch turns into arcs The way you slide into the dark The beating of my open heart You don't know But I'm noticing

David Levithan

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David Levithan
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: September 7
Author
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Short Hills
New Jersey
Way
Open
Noticing
Sleep
Illusions
Dark
Beating
Turns
Leap
Keep
Illusion
Look
Touch
Arcs
Looks
Singing
Slide
Heart
Strange
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