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I'll see you later, he says, and as he does, he runs his finger briefly over my wrist. It passes over me like air, and makes me shiver like a kiss.

David Levithan

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David Levithan
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: September 7
Author
Novelist
Writer
Short Hills
New Jersey
Makes
Runs
Doe
Kiss
Love
Kissing
Wrist
Like
Fingers
Briefly
Later
Shiver
Air
Wrists
Says
Finger
Running
Passes

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