The Glow of Then 349Please respect copyright.PENANA3FLIQYhYit
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The summers shimmered like old film reels, 349Please respect copyright.PENANAjmutwMr89f
a sepia gloss cast over mother’s kitchen,349Please respect copyright.PENANAoFZ0zfNcel
her hands kneading cookie dough, 349Please respect copyright.PENANAzY6p8Yqf55
soft scents of sugar rising. 349Please respect copyright.PENANAnqeV1HbzGO
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The screen door clattered, 349Please respect copyright.PENANAyrKIDKtR3k
and the sweet smell mingled with chlorine from grandmother’s pool, 349Please respect copyright.PENANAVM5SlQCz1m
where cousins cannonballed into echoes of laughter. 349Please respect copyright.PENANAJJa9KBu7SQ
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The afternoons spilled across paperbacks, 349Please respect copyright.PENANARIxlPbZWXZ
their pages curling like the ends of my sister’s hair. 349Please respect copyright.PENANA2g0Au7niUl
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Cartoons flickered on boxy TVs, 349Please respect copyright.PENANADKkl8ehjOk
their pixelated heroes as real as the worn handlebars of my bike, 349Please respect copyright.PENANAB4itrk4PMT
racing shadows down suburban streets. 349Please respect copyright.PENANAWipQUAO2Sq
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The world outside our cul-de-sac stretched infinite, 349Please respect copyright.PENANA24I8Wmzn7Y
but we stayed close: tethered by the constellations of our youth. 349Please respect copyright.PENANAvoQqsxmKUr
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Camping nights held stars we claimed as our own, 349Please respect copyright.PENANApoXAZxkgJn
the firelight etching stories into our faces. 349Please respect copyright.PENANAiOs5qmUOWY
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We sang out of tune; the crickets didn’t care. 349Please respect copyright.PENANAYqvYdDEkzt
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In the mornings, dew clung to tents like memory, 349Please respect copyright.PENANA2kztHF6iNF
a fleeting gloss, both sharp and sweet. 349Please respect copyright.PENANA5NIK2X9UDr
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Road trips unraveled like mixtapes: 349Please respect copyright.PENANAyhPSvbsGs1
the hum of tires, static-laced pop songs, 349Please respect copyright.PENANAWPjai7qeGZ
and the unspooling map of our chatter. 349Please respect copyright.PENANANQsmZgXoBM
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Even silence held a warmth, 349Please respect copyright.PENANAlyib7EL4Dg
like the weight of a pet curled at your feet, 349Please respect copyright.PENANA8a9jXOY4iA
their breath syncing with the pulse of home. 349Please respect copyright.PENANATcfg4FKtZq
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Wasn’t it all so achingly alive? 349Please respect copyright.PENANAPy7MmqkOHh
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The air electric with nothingness and everything: 349Please respect copyright.PENANA6SBhMUavWw
an afternoon sprawled on grandmother’s couch, 349Please respect copyright.PENANAgPgMbJGVdk
the hum of a box fan drowning the world’s static, 349Please respect copyright.PENANAupMJ5ViwNX
our hands sticky with popsicle promises. 349Please respect copyright.PENANAbhsiS7tIqW
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Now, these moments unspool, 349Please respect copyright.PENANA77jd1vDrO8
like glitter caught in the edges of old Polaroids. 349Please respect copyright.PENANAf9zbn69dQO
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Not gone, never gone, 349Please respect copyright.PENANA8rrQuzruJ2
but held in the amber light of reflection, 349Please respect copyright.PENANAld21Bayx5q
a time both retro and eternal, 349Please respect copyright.PENANA1YqROot3DW
where we were endless, 349Please respect copyright.PENANAPnEHcJPSms
and the world shone as if it knew us.349Please respect copyright.PENANAhj4dntmQpx


