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I lost my balance when the train pulled away, but a human crumple zone buffered my fall. We stayed like that, half fallen. Diagonal People.

David Mitchell

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David Mitchell
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: January 12
Actor
Composer
Linguist
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Screenwriter
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Clarkfield
Minnesota
David Stephen Mitchell
David Henry Mitchell
Lost
Stayed
Away
Pulled
Human
Zone
Humans
Fallen
Like
Train
People
Balance
Half
Crumple
Fall
Diagonal

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