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The Glow of Then 130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrC6oiPoW9g
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The summers shimmered like old film reels, 130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9TLNiCKy2T
a sepia gloss cast over mother’s kitchen,130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAF5IYQaJbt
her hands kneading cookie dough, 130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAS1tho3VQF
soft scents of sugar rising. 130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiPrZFItsXb
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The screen door clattered, 130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrj337hsgfJ
and the sweet smell mingled with chlorine from grandmother’s pool, 130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYZy5mkbrT4
where cousins cannonballed into echoes of laughter. 130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjwBu3sAksZ
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The afternoons spilled across paperbacks, 130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ5AbplIlxt
their pages curling like the ends of my sister’s hair. 130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6ON5omT92s
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Cartoons flickered on boxy TVs, 130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA2PUivF7Rc
their pixelated heroes as real as the worn handlebars of my bike, 130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNIQJNPhLUL
racing shadows down suburban streets. 130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYcpNwqfOc1
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The world outside our cul-de-sac stretched infinite, 130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡowPbZATevj
but we stayed close: tethered by the constellations of our youth. 130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF0FHDgCEcM
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Camping nights held stars we claimed as our own, 130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWged2jhBuk
the firelight etching stories into our faces. 130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX64zHIPvsJ
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We sang out of tune; the crickets didn’t care. 130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuxqUo9vIy9
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In the mornings, dew clung to tents like memory, 130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡusqE2jyPJC
a fleeting gloss, both sharp and sweet. 130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2tb9JzG60Y
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Road trips unraveled like mixtapes: 130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjUbvWBQ5gW
the hum of tires, static-laced pop songs, 130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyg8HM3T9bG
and the unspooling map of our chatter. 130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfdhj16hOBw
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Even silence held a warmth, 130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRVlpQVf4qC
like the weight of a pet curled at your feet, 130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx3VZhWr23k
their breath syncing with the pulse of home. 130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZST4TYhclU
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Wasn’t it all so achingly alive? 130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6jIkp8FXen
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The air electric with nothingness and everything: 130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuCYqURHYPF
an afternoon sprawled on grandmother’s couch, 130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV10dQVZSPq
the hum of a box fan drowning the world’s static, 130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡidMNCXR8Ey
our hands sticky with popsicle promises. 130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMc7wC2senp
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Now, these moments unspool, 130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW6ipDDl4MQ
like glitter caught in the edges of old Polaroids. 130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRvqBTyZLUb
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Not gone, never gone, 130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGhmdDmcN2s
but held in the amber light of reflection, 130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdnHyOQOuWf
a time both retro and eternal, 130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgb1P2jAyWo
where we were endless, 130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJUrWX7QohS
and the world shone as if it knew us.130Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOFCuETa5mc
