
The Glow of Then 158Please respect copyright.PENANA8s5MggO0dY
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The summers shimmered like old film reels, 158Please respect copyright.PENANAZ1wYRjbcXM
a sepia gloss cast over mother’s kitchen,158Please respect copyright.PENANA6xe5D6LpJM
her hands kneading cookie dough, 158Please respect copyright.PENANAQ8MUQZMjWH
soft scents of sugar rising. 158Please respect copyright.PENANAnvlmt0dMFy
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The screen door clattered, 158Please respect copyright.PENANA1MyhT8Wwmo
and the sweet smell mingled with chlorine from grandmother’s pool, 158Please respect copyright.PENANAQEKlh9C2oF
where cousins cannonballed into echoes of laughter. 158Please respect copyright.PENANA5aC2XLWWXx
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The afternoons spilled across paperbacks, 158Please respect copyright.PENANAxtmQPGFMjw
their pages curling like the ends of my sister’s hair. 158Please respect copyright.PENANAdpKd3bHmJb
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Cartoons flickered on boxy TVs, 158Please respect copyright.PENANAQI8Et28erH
their pixelated heroes as real as the worn handlebars of my bike, 158Please respect copyright.PENANANnhExhDPTq
racing shadows down suburban streets. 158Please respect copyright.PENANAQireddeyIM
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The world outside our cul-de-sac stretched infinite, 158Please respect copyright.PENANAr55Wvp8L3x
but we stayed close: tethered by the constellations of our youth. 158Please respect copyright.PENANASdhRwbg3qZ
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Camping nights held stars we claimed as our own, 158Please respect copyright.PENANACMxIX4xJWj
the firelight etching stories into our faces. 158Please respect copyright.PENANA1Ep6maDqY3
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We sang out of tune; the crickets didn’t care. 158Please respect copyright.PENANAsCbeQzd9xO
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In the mornings, dew clung to tents like memory, 158Please respect copyright.PENANA6pJm8LvMcm
a fleeting gloss, both sharp and sweet. 158Please respect copyright.PENANASJtjSPSLMO
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Road trips unraveled like mixtapes: 158Please respect copyright.PENANAHz4hDuvCWR
the hum of tires, static-laced pop songs, 158Please respect copyright.PENANAdqJMND2HFx
and the unspooling map of our chatter. 158Please respect copyright.PENANA0dw5HO7otZ
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Even silence held a warmth, 158Please respect copyright.PENANAwpumvXytnu
like the weight of a pet curled at your feet, 158Please respect copyright.PENANAGqlfoF0Wfd
their breath syncing with the pulse of home. 158Please respect copyright.PENANA1hb3YEGcYr
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Wasn’t it all so achingly alive? 158Please respect copyright.PENANAW8aTz6mxUC
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The air electric with nothingness and everything: 158Please respect copyright.PENANAjPBzGKIV1Y
an afternoon sprawled on grandmother’s couch, 158Please respect copyright.PENANA50lVFW3u6l
the hum of a box fan drowning the world’s static, 158Please respect copyright.PENANAMJOcS8QEpi
our hands sticky with popsicle promises. 158Please respect copyright.PENANAHbXmQ3uzjt
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Now, these moments unspool, 158Please respect copyright.PENANAXBIRClvSuc
like glitter caught in the edges of old Polaroids. 158Please respect copyright.PENANAS5Pxvy7GsC
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Not gone, never gone, 158Please respect copyright.PENANAYNtPxeJr5D
but held in the amber light of reflection, 158Please respect copyright.PENANAREf660HFZx
a time both retro and eternal, 158Please respect copyright.PENANAmbBOhtEol1
where we were endless, 158Please respect copyright.PENANAGbT63Maicx
and the world shone as if it knew us.158Please respect copyright.PENANAM0Nw8WVTSF