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The summers shimmered like old film reels, 235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPG5TeHG4cp
a sepia gloss cast over mother’s kitchen,235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp7bXPGWBiU
her hands kneading cookie dough, 235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnysXny724I
soft scents of sugar rising. 235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTqsNgDNSHR
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The screen door clattered, 235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHBNssvcews
and the sweet smell mingled with chlorine from grandmother’s pool, 235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzrAi0kc1ET
where cousins cannonballed into echoes of laughter. 235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLY8957kwtC
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The afternoons spilled across paperbacks, 235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡILNHB5OI8F
their pages curling like the ends of my sister’s hair. 235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzyxRIg4dpT
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Cartoons flickered on boxy TVs, 235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1L47TyT4YW
their pixelated heroes as real as the worn handlebars of my bike, 235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ68C0nJb9gX
racing shadows down suburban streets. 235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJmvy7Z7gWu
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The world outside our cul-de-sac stretched infinite, 235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbk0r8UnOHB
but we stayed close: tethered by the constellations of our youth. 235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡILs0gBeAd6
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Camping nights held stars we claimed as our own, 235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmiUyRnOqrt
the firelight etching stories into our faces. 235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlvid0rTM5O
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We sang out of tune; the crickets didn’t care. 235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTgeSVOBHUL
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In the mornings, dew clung to tents like memory, 235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGvaVNPCC5I
a fleeting gloss, both sharp and sweet. 235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZv2utrFueU
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Road trips unraveled like mixtapes: 235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUCVJpvP2iH
the hum of tires, static-laced pop songs, 235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsr15GjLXAB
and the unspooling map of our chatter. 235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnX1f9LPWk7
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Even silence held a warmth, 235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVglP0UHRLb
like the weight of a pet curled at your feet, 235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu4s5zDpmgQ
their breath syncing with the pulse of home. 235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhhFTJGPfux
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Wasn’t it all so achingly alive? 235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJHYlif6UbU
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The air electric with nothingness and everything: 235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ92Zx1zs3Vy
an afternoon sprawled on grandmother’s couch, 235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr4pT2EJx65
the hum of a box fan drowning the world’s static, 235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWpZOUfwtKf
our hands sticky with popsicle promises. 235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrqSQBxF5IF
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Now, these moments unspool, 235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAT9QgYssaP
like glitter caught in the edges of old Polaroids. 235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaSUplOLu3W
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Not gone, never gone, 235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUWgWVayoid
but held in the amber light of reflection, 235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnY4neRZOMC
a time both retro and eternal, 235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡslUBZsiEsu
where we were endless, 235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0nS3vgKLVY
and the world shone as if it knew us.235Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvayB6BimvQ
