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They don’t have silences together they have noise. Mostly his.

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David Levithan
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: September 7
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Short Hills
New Jersey
Together
Silences
Mostly
Noise
Silence

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It was one of those moments when you feel the future so much that it humbles the present.
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You are so close, and I can’t reach you.
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I don't get this at all. It's like protesting the fact that some people are red-haired.
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