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dissonance, n. Nights when I need to sleep and you can't. Days when I want to talk to you and you won't. Hours when every noise you make interferes with my silence. Weeks when there is a buzzing in the air, and we both pretend we don't here it.

David Levithan

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David Levithan
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: September 7
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Short Hills
New Jersey
Night
Noise
Need
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Silence
Interferes
Every
Week
Dissonance
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Interfere
Talk
Pretend
Hours
Weeks

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