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I've worn black today, because I've heard so often that it's supposed to be slimming. But instead I am this sphere of darkness submarining through the halls.

David Levithan

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David Levithan
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: September 7
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Novelist
Writer
Short Hills
New Jersey
Supposed
Darkness
Instead
Heard
Often
Sphere
Black
Spheres
Today
Halls
Worn

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