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placid, adj. Sometimes I love it when we just lie on our backs, gaze off, stay still.

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David Levithan
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: September 7
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Short Hills
New Jersey
Love
Placid
Backs
Gaze
Stay
Lying
Stills
Still
Sometimes

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