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The summers shimmered like old film reels, 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡylt3mFrJrs
a sepia gloss cast over mother’s kitchen,72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbVG5c19ZQA
her hands kneading cookie dough, 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1grubiyTKK
soft scents of sugar rising. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEYSgOtxGmK
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The screen door clattered, 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS6q0ULmdp5
and the sweet smell mingled with chlorine from grandmother’s pool, 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPOMjufisLQ
where cousins cannonballed into echoes of laughter. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiXUYuUU19h
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The afternoons spilled across paperbacks, 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7O4LOi0Jet
their pages curling like the ends of my sister’s hair. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4v779y7wET
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Cartoons flickered on boxy TVs, 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJEUSckQVK2
their pixelated heroes as real as the worn handlebars of my bike, 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNrIq51ShzS
racing shadows down suburban streets. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfLTnrtoNc0
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The world outside our cul-de-sac stretched infinite, 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ596P9sW4Y1
but we stayed close: tethered by the constellations of our youth. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9K0otG4FHa
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Camping nights held stars we claimed as our own, 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTLrv82MtzE
the firelight etching stories into our faces. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxXYbqCylck
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We sang out of tune; the crickets didn’t care. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSxVyOgkll8
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In the mornings, dew clung to tents like memory, 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2TjmnyWLrJ
a fleeting gloss, both sharp and sweet. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp5J3ixMI4E
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Road trips unraveled like mixtapes: 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQs3j1TNiva
the hum of tires, static-laced pop songs, 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNWPlbGERBP
and the unspooling map of our chatter. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtQHuucAmRR
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Even silence held a warmth, 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyZRmBk8ZRt
like the weight of a pet curled at your feet, 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWgJILPjAA5
their breath syncing with the pulse of home. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwgVT26eoVL
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Wasn’t it all so achingly alive? 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk8O0pToK9r
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The air electric with nothingness and everything: 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvnOcRH2SsR
an afternoon sprawled on grandmother’s couch, 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdKlAKgIKui
the hum of a box fan drowning the world’s static, 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAaqsvFdmIw
our hands sticky with popsicle promises. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt1jAMKYRLR
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Now, these moments unspool, 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG091NkLf9P
like glitter caught in the edges of old Polaroids. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ74jFL5Hfst
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Not gone, never gone, 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPNBbQ7PZXY
but held in the amber light of reflection, 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFPWfytTvPV
a time both retro and eternal, 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZtiHQeXRWS
where we were endless, 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡltoxtDFcoN
and the world shone as if it knew us.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOgTok81QSM
