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I barely notice colors unless I taste them. Not the yellows or the greens. I taste the deeper blues. The darker reds.

David Levithan

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David Levithan
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: September 7
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Short Hills
New Jersey
Blues
Colors
Notice
Deeper
Yellows
Taste
Reds
Unless
Greens
Color
Darker
Barely

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