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The Glow of Then 31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8iXgHcc3Qe
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The summers shimmered like old film reels, 31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡolJTpifsSx
a sepia gloss cast over mother’s kitchen,31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2wckpEdm8v
her hands kneading cookie dough, 31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡix41TsKpk8
soft scents of sugar rising. 31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQSSvhzarkW
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The screen door clattered, 31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1kgq7Vzhzm
and the sweet smell mingled with chlorine from grandmother’s pool, 31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ67LQsMip0T
where cousins cannonballed into echoes of laughter. 31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYcxkjEzCWh
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The afternoons spilled across paperbacks, 31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNuGhOcedpV
their pages curling like the ends of my sister’s hair. 31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQeEEpD317E
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Cartoons flickered on boxy TVs, 31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJRExmZ1V4h
their pixelated heroes as real as the worn handlebars of my bike, 31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVjyAl4Y71T
racing shadows down suburban streets. 31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhBY4FfgoRY
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The world outside our cul-de-sac stretched infinite, 31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLIr3VxeelQ
but we stayed close: tethered by the constellations of our youth. 31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIXrRI0Vien
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Camping nights held stars we claimed as our own, 31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5VLnb0AV1O
the firelight etching stories into our faces. 31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx6Y2Eh5v8Y
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We sang out of tune; the crickets didn’t care. 31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDYENH3Bk3U
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In the mornings, dew clung to tents like memory, 31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAET9N5JTrt
a fleeting gloss, both sharp and sweet. 31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6wgWojEh4l
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Road trips unraveled like mixtapes: 31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF7Q5x4FaPf
the hum of tires, static-laced pop songs, 31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeecuqzQb8b
and the unspooling map of our chatter. 31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡESDSleQUGi
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Even silence held a warmth, 31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0DZgjnwefG
like the weight of a pet curled at your feet, 31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhzRBOWbfpc
their breath syncing with the pulse of home. 31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqTHkb6KfNW
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Wasn’t it all so achingly alive? 31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvi6sXg3KLs
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The air electric with nothingness and everything: 31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeAoW1fags6
an afternoon sprawled on grandmother’s couch, 31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdz02OsQbLY
the hum of a box fan drowning the world’s static, 31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx3PgOJG6Dr
our hands sticky with popsicle promises. 31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUqiyA21IkD
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Now, these moments unspool, 31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhQE2VUaMm6
like glitter caught in the edges of old Polaroids. 31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOBmzJXWQct
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Not gone, never gone, 31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHjg5wxWAAu
but held in the amber light of reflection, 31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYNRDca4fzA
a time both retro and eternal, 31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPspQHy9mkz
where we were endless, 31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ89n4gcVxlv
and the world shone as if it knew us.31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgVyyTaU88o
