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The Glow of Then 173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQXORCAlUl8
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The summers shimmered like old film reels, 173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIx4WKlRWmz
a sepia gloss cast over mother’s kitchen,173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa75CxZElbr
her hands kneading cookie dough, 173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAoxrtuaUj4
soft scents of sugar rising. 173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyS9qfvYBPP
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The screen door clattered, 173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡseXDMYTE0h
and the sweet smell mingled with chlorine from grandmother’s pool, 173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiUGv9BHHWk
where cousins cannonballed into echoes of laughter. 173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwEOmKrLBxu
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The afternoons spilled across paperbacks, 173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH9GOGyHh3Q
their pages curling like the ends of my sister’s hair. 173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz9SAWaKCNL
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Cartoons flickered on boxy TVs, 173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHLO6Cm7ytV
their pixelated heroes as real as the worn handlebars of my bike, 173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMZ0B0HZ9nG
racing shadows down suburban streets. 173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtizr1J4XG7
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The world outside our cul-de-sac stretched infinite, 173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD66wtDXqNh
but we stayed close: tethered by the constellations of our youth. 173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyCQtEEiY49
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Camping nights held stars we claimed as our own, 173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1gqM5yXTzc
the firelight etching stories into our faces. 173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡojEH2wHi5M
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We sang out of tune; the crickets didn’t care. 173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe7NMyijJjE
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In the mornings, dew clung to tents like memory, 173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtRXpt7j6Kz
a fleeting gloss, both sharp and sweet. 173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7BXMKRBOol
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Road trips unraveled like mixtapes: 173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHw1Nd3Wzy4
the hum of tires, static-laced pop songs, 173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQH7MyG7hRJ
and the unspooling map of our chatter. 173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2fH6mmFbDV
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Even silence held a warmth, 173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVgl3f0JukS
like the weight of a pet curled at your feet, 173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOlwKCEnw9A
their breath syncing with the pulse of home. 173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgk3y58V4J6
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Wasn’t it all so achingly alive? 173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1fnP1rlv2X
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The air electric with nothingness and everything: 173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk9q8n295CI
an afternoon sprawled on grandmother’s couch, 173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡulQxhNPy35
the hum of a box fan drowning the world’s static, 173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoGCrJxmfY3
our hands sticky with popsicle promises. 173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUZzsrQdSsC
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Now, these moments unspool, 173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuFoRRGnXIX
like glitter caught in the edges of old Polaroids. 173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeP1JCRRmU5
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Not gone, never gone, 173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvyujhDXPkH
but held in the amber light of reflection, 173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfGmH0Hk3Nq
a time both retro and eternal, 173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAPFrFiksQd
where we were endless, 173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAjMp4vchj1
and the world shone as if it knew us.173Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8wruGlhYbd
