
The Glow of Then 248Please respect copyright.PENANAJwCQj43rPu
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The summers shimmered like old film reels, 248Please respect copyright.PENANADmlM2lHMFI
a sepia gloss cast over mother’s kitchen,248Please respect copyright.PENANAf8j5CkMqRk
her hands kneading cookie dough, 248Please respect copyright.PENANAn7fKobAFyH
soft scents of sugar rising. 248Please respect copyright.PENANAn3syApCccz
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The screen door clattered, 248Please respect copyright.PENANA2MvT4YJSFj
and the sweet smell mingled with chlorine from grandmother’s pool, 248Please respect copyright.PENANArB5gEUm8AW
where cousins cannonballed into echoes of laughter. 248Please respect copyright.PENANAiN3sAx1X9U
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The afternoons spilled across paperbacks, 248Please respect copyright.PENANAhTXKUrSscN
their pages curling like the ends of my sister’s hair. 248Please respect copyright.PENANAv4c9yCMF3S
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Cartoons flickered on boxy TVs, 248Please respect copyright.PENANANrF8Dm6yIj
their pixelated heroes as real as the worn handlebars of my bike, 248Please respect copyright.PENANAbklf8P5NtP
racing shadows down suburban streets. 248Please respect copyright.PENANAEzQllmEDGe
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The world outside our cul-de-sac stretched infinite, 248Please respect copyright.PENANAzXn8IPrBWM
but we stayed close: tethered by the constellations of our youth. 248Please respect copyright.PENANATG6FSAdipg
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Camping nights held stars we claimed as our own, 248Please respect copyright.PENANAURRPuoYdyU
the firelight etching stories into our faces. 248Please respect copyright.PENANAyvVjO84Dl3
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We sang out of tune; the crickets didn’t care. 248Please respect copyright.PENANAVQzBDU0iN4
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In the mornings, dew clung to tents like memory, 248Please respect copyright.PENANAs4pgoMus8H
a fleeting gloss, both sharp and sweet. 248Please respect copyright.PENANA8thGKZoVQi
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Road trips unraveled like mixtapes: 248Please respect copyright.PENANAG1AAlaDuGn
the hum of tires, static-laced pop songs, 248Please respect copyright.PENANAIRclGIJpSw
and the unspooling map of our chatter. 248Please respect copyright.PENANA12O744rynX
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Even silence held a warmth, 248Please respect copyright.PENANAkULRFg5M0s
like the weight of a pet curled at your feet, 248Please respect copyright.PENANAUFqXJkWzZB
their breath syncing with the pulse of home. 248Please respect copyright.PENANAyT1jBXOymP
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Wasn’t it all so achingly alive? 248Please respect copyright.PENANAqhMoOO2C9l
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The air electric with nothingness and everything: 248Please respect copyright.PENANAKlSGw9t50A
an afternoon sprawled on grandmother’s couch, 248Please respect copyright.PENANAnmTn3ow2NL
the hum of a box fan drowning the world’s static, 248Please respect copyright.PENANAmDbbW7IdfO
our hands sticky with popsicle promises. 248Please respect copyright.PENANA18oeGCVDyf
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Now, these moments unspool, 248Please respect copyright.PENANAuKd4rUrxBp
like glitter caught in the edges of old Polaroids. 248Please respect copyright.PENANAPV1DagoKTB
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Not gone, never gone, 248Please respect copyright.PENANAmB6Tt9oB2i
but held in the amber light of reflection, 248Please respect copyright.PENANAg3nspbG1ji
a time both retro and eternal, 248Please respect copyright.PENANA1l9cQgTDoR
where we were endless, 248Please respect copyright.PENANAkDI9ER1OB0
and the world shone as if it knew us.248Please respect copyright.PENANAMSyuMwYRLS