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The summers shimmered like old film reels, 175Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv3cRb1oJpA
a sepia gloss cast over mother’s kitchen,175Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX5EQzIHGTd
her hands kneading cookie dough, 175Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLABm6Tl4Uv
soft scents of sugar rising. 175Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp1oDQ3HXX0
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The screen door clattered, 175Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN3sj9HPaQZ
and the sweet smell mingled with chlorine from grandmother’s pool, 175Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvH9uZJiVpP
where cousins cannonballed into echoes of laughter. 175Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj9pGQ2SASQ
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The afternoons spilled across paperbacks, 175Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPlasgu2oFT
their pages curling like the ends of my sister’s hair. 175Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡABfVTyuCAb
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Cartoons flickered on boxy TVs, 175Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7P8NMhxnBd
their pixelated heroes as real as the worn handlebars of my bike, 175Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAacSj4YZrc
racing shadows down suburban streets. 175Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS438LO60HG
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The world outside our cul-de-sac stretched infinite, 175Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjjOcOGhln3
but we stayed close: tethered by the constellations of our youth. 175Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSAuHbngq8M
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Camping nights held stars we claimed as our own, 175Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2nphyJrI3Z
the firelight etching stories into our faces. 175Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGBoryXFzyQ
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We sang out of tune; the crickets didn’t care. 175Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhUOyYKkLKu
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In the mornings, dew clung to tents like memory, 175Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHfCwtYtLPk
a fleeting gloss, both sharp and sweet. 175Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTEhQaTK7Y0
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Road trips unraveled like mixtapes: 175Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRAb8QAWprr
the hum of tires, static-laced pop songs, 175Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn7knLGO9YX
and the unspooling map of our chatter. 175Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnMV0lxe1pJ
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Even silence held a warmth, 175Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7HJ82CdQ5A
like the weight of a pet curled at your feet, 175Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7VHbBlIhTI
their breath syncing with the pulse of home. 175Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIWXRp48l5j
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Wasn’t it all so achingly alive? 175Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQo7FKw1Tuw
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The air electric with nothingness and everything: 175Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhxAScONrrO
an afternoon sprawled on grandmother’s couch, 175Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNQcVIEjALj
the hum of a box fan drowning the world’s static, 175Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpBzDBaHH53
our hands sticky with popsicle promises. 175Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6VTZ62wg3M
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Now, these moments unspool, 175Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnItZF6toFH
like glitter caught in the edges of old Polaroids. 175Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxZ7azNupze
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Not gone, never gone, 175Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ43CzeWU2sQ
but held in the amber light of reflection, 175Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa7veURhUls
a time both retro and eternal, 175Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCaF5TVnCaC
where we were endless, 175Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRhWYBWSDUH
and the world shone as if it knew us.175Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKUn514txwO
