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The summers shimmered like old film reels, 234Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCjxcW1ZYyw
a sepia gloss cast over mother’s kitchen,234Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQXGpHdBwbR
her hands kneading cookie dough, 234Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCmlPpb5W7n
soft scents of sugar rising. 234Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyChsPbELd2
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The screen door clattered, 234Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVbjgx6lzNC
and the sweet smell mingled with chlorine from grandmother’s pool, 234Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmIkCSN0YC4
where cousins cannonballed into echoes of laughter. 234Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBsNsjOfs77
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The afternoons spilled across paperbacks, 234Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJXSOBzUqfO
their pages curling like the ends of my sister’s hair. 234Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZZdq5F4vEc
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Cartoons flickered on boxy TVs, 234Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf6UpSVrEcu
their pixelated heroes as real as the worn handlebars of my bike, 234Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb0mZMmQdBq
racing shadows down suburban streets. 234Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfpq34y2VnC
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The world outside our cul-de-sac stretched infinite, 234Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqgLOITucUY
but we stayed close: tethered by the constellations of our youth. 234Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUqW6rlZmC0
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Camping nights held stars we claimed as our own, 234Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfbDqaFIwow
the firelight etching stories into our faces. 234Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNICC85FI3E
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We sang out of tune; the crickets didn’t care. 234Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcPLyZDqDAZ
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In the mornings, dew clung to tents like memory, 234Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIkulndld2Z
a fleeting gloss, both sharp and sweet. 234Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMzGlUDEJKQ
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Road trips unraveled like mixtapes: 234Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3KzZZaU70g
the hum of tires, static-laced pop songs, 234Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCeTXDGluTu
and the unspooling map of our chatter. 234Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFvCdoAhdjN
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Even silence held a warmth, 234Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMLz4e1nErH
like the weight of a pet curled at your feet, 234Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8JBa6RRgDc
their breath syncing with the pulse of home. 234Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAUCELMsqDY
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Wasn’t it all so achingly alive? 234Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsSOBB5DnFe
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The air electric with nothingness and everything: 234Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj2xa7j2nYr
an afternoon sprawled on grandmother’s couch, 234Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdsZWf1OrCA
the hum of a box fan drowning the world’s static, 234Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNqYIi8FnDO
our hands sticky with popsicle promises. 234Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs9zOrzexN6
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Now, these moments unspool, 234Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ96lIAKxQnC
like glitter caught in the edges of old Polaroids. 234Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsV46V0hyMT
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Not gone, never gone, 234Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsxjEdxq514
but held in the amber light of reflection, 234Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkXmDRfWwap
a time both retro and eternal, 234Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBSzpg8EdaL
where we were endless, 234Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHoY2sxtrsD
and the world shone as if it knew us.234Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnJUp4SQtSL
