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The Glow of Then 204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt3YPCs2zzM
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The summers shimmered like old film reels, 204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxvBwmVsDmF
a sepia gloss cast over mother’s kitchen,204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsn1XJSKrtO
her hands kneading cookie dough, 204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHhx4xn1gTr
soft scents of sugar rising. 204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTXCjp12kW3
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The screen door clattered, 204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtVsGJqLFaD
and the sweet smell mingled with chlorine from grandmother’s pool, 204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV1UXwYZIOt
where cousins cannonballed into echoes of laughter. 204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVA6kYpwSvM
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The afternoons spilled across paperbacks, 204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKZAsFUVkLJ
their pages curling like the ends of my sister’s hair. 204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOjQy6BhIRt
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Cartoons flickered on boxy TVs, 204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZdCj4GIUtl
their pixelated heroes as real as the worn handlebars of my bike, 204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqrTAAj8Pkf
racing shadows down suburban streets. 204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEOJLyNzFq1
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The world outside our cul-de-sac stretched infinite, 204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhSNmTqFjbU
but we stayed close: tethered by the constellations of our youth. 204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJWcKWYXOys
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Camping nights held stars we claimed as our own, 204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3JIXFAvuZY
the firelight etching stories into our faces. 204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWS8B7OAYD5
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We sang out of tune; the crickets didn’t care. 204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK9ZZimNzao
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In the mornings, dew clung to tents like memory, 204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡypI6fWrNAm
a fleeting gloss, both sharp and sweet. 204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ68FsY5cxW
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Road trips unraveled like mixtapes: 204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqCIGaWLPWs
the hum of tires, static-laced pop songs, 204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlx16hCzilE
and the unspooling map of our chatter. 204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhsqztiBqVD
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Even silence held a warmth, 204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRRANJ8dWJC
like the weight of a pet curled at your feet, 204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUyVHKMa1HT
their breath syncing with the pulse of home. 204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPg57xjo0WP
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Wasn’t it all so achingly alive? 204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmLJwZscums
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The air electric with nothingness and everything: 204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUE3UWo6imT
an afternoon sprawled on grandmother’s couch, 204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ZJCgIZ7Kl
the hum of a box fan drowning the world’s static, 204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGl8L7NH2aP
our hands sticky with popsicle promises. 204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnU3pN5MA74
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Now, these moments unspool, 204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlZpThve0A4
like glitter caught in the edges of old Polaroids. 204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡePYSFxp6Hm
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Not gone, never gone, 204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMglvkGRWbh
but held in the amber light of reflection, 204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5A13pDGlTZ
a time both retro and eternal, 204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmOxTjRCrc3
where we were endless, 204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHEh0nJtzn4
and the world shone as if it knew us.204Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ88t2fFxLRq
