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The Glow of Then 135Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8jxM1Kr8cd
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The summers shimmered like old film reels, 135Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡihl4WWFKOQ
a sepia gloss cast over mother’s kitchen,135Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Y7vFlqOmA
her hands kneading cookie dough, 135Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMnMtfih1qS
soft scents of sugar rising. 135Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtsZC91PJuc
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The screen door clattered, 135Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLKTOVN6Fph
and the sweet smell mingled with chlorine from grandmother’s pool, 135Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd1sVUX2zeh
where cousins cannonballed into echoes of laughter. 135Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtmVcGNVdv9
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The afternoons spilled across paperbacks, 135Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDO1fFhpYkg
their pages curling like the ends of my sister’s hair. 135Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMO9oW1odeH
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Cartoons flickered on boxy TVs, 135Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmB2sOtZI6e
their pixelated heroes as real as the worn handlebars of my bike, 135Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSmezhAokXk
racing shadows down suburban streets. 135Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMYy6QgeXiN
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The world outside our cul-de-sac stretched infinite, 135Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGQcH79nwbD
but we stayed close: tethered by the constellations of our youth. 135Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡawh2oSnnq4
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Camping nights held stars we claimed as our own, 135Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡncvuKWymND
the firelight etching stories into our faces. 135Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoKB3uRCkm6
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We sang out of tune; the crickets didn’t care. 135Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFgZouDJgym
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In the mornings, dew clung to tents like memory, 135Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3aLRRB9eUH
a fleeting gloss, both sharp and sweet. 135Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBza6KO0aRl
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Road trips unraveled like mixtapes: 135Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEsbK4GSu2Z
the hum of tires, static-laced pop songs, 135Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs7RG73pHfZ
and the unspooling map of our chatter. 135Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMjC5FHlSDI
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Even silence held a warmth, 135Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3TOQ7vIvm1
like the weight of a pet curled at your feet, 135Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡicRQOGfg5e
their breath syncing with the pulse of home. 135Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2DOJ5TC3CO
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Wasn’t it all so achingly alive? 135Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQJzZOfOJjZ
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The air electric with nothingness and everything: 135Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiybmmn0z3b
an afternoon sprawled on grandmother’s couch, 135Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRW0WGoCgIF
the hum of a box fan drowning the world’s static, 135Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWC7P6zEgJQ
our hands sticky with popsicle promises. 135Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdmQbAvkKZV
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Now, these moments unspool, 135Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBLHLo1qCRF
like glitter caught in the edges of old Polaroids. 135Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsZLXmIHFlm
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Not gone, never gone, 135Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEzZU0RUEmW
but held in the amber light of reflection, 135Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEwD0xds0x6
a time both retro and eternal, 135Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTwdBkNaig3
where we were endless, 135Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwpaQsK73Td
and the world shone as if it knew us.135Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNf3dOSBynM
