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You leave the phone on beside you as you fall asleep. I sit in my bed and listen to your breathing, until I know you are safe, until I know you no longer need me for the night.

David Levithan

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David Levithan
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: September 7
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Writer
Short Hills
New Jersey
Safe
Listen
Longer
Beside
Leave
Asleep
Fall
Phone
Night
Breathing
Need
Phones
Needs
Bed

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