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Humans live in a pit of cheating, exploiting, hurting, incarcerating. Every time, the species wastes some part of what it could be. This waste is poisonous.
David Mitchell
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David Mitchell
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: January 12
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Clarkfield
Minnesota
David Stephen Mitchell
David Henry Mitchell
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