
The Glow of Then 167Please respect copyright.PENANAAGHmiHepUd
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The summers shimmered like old film reels, 167Please respect copyright.PENANAnLHza43dkP
a sepia gloss cast over mother’s kitchen,167Please respect copyright.PENANAXGlE59gBW9
her hands kneading cookie dough, 167Please respect copyright.PENANA62SUHYEhi0
soft scents of sugar rising. 167Please respect copyright.PENANAIeGtlml20j
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The screen door clattered, 167Please respect copyright.PENANAY3LIKqoLn0
and the sweet smell mingled with chlorine from grandmother’s pool, 167Please respect copyright.PENANAhOIit89Afj
where cousins cannonballed into echoes of laughter. 167Please respect copyright.PENANA7uy9GXGekZ
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The afternoons spilled across paperbacks, 167Please respect copyright.PENANA6Dtvvyeffp
their pages curling like the ends of my sister’s hair. 167Please respect copyright.PENANAkYRiJo30d8
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Cartoons flickered on boxy TVs, 167Please respect copyright.PENANAUwBVNejs5f
their pixelated heroes as real as the worn handlebars of my bike, 167Please respect copyright.PENANABYhH9cm9Fv
racing shadows down suburban streets. 167Please respect copyright.PENANA9oJYNG1pbB
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The world outside our cul-de-sac stretched infinite, 167Please respect copyright.PENANAWzNd3xdmWI
but we stayed close: tethered by the constellations of our youth. 167Please respect copyright.PENANAEgaMEUutf7
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Camping nights held stars we claimed as our own, 167Please respect copyright.PENANAAH07Rgjmm2
the firelight etching stories into our faces. 167Please respect copyright.PENANAFjfseFU3Np
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We sang out of tune; the crickets didn’t care. 167Please respect copyright.PENANAvn8Ygc1Ip7
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In the mornings, dew clung to tents like memory, 167Please respect copyright.PENANAWyTJH2yUUB
a fleeting gloss, both sharp and sweet. 167Please respect copyright.PENANAy4KosqytVz
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Road trips unraveled like mixtapes: 167Please respect copyright.PENANA6IEjxxGEiK
the hum of tires, static-laced pop songs, 167Please respect copyright.PENANAC4wHPE9WkW
and the unspooling map of our chatter. 167Please respect copyright.PENANAa71n0EYg4u
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Even silence held a warmth, 167Please respect copyright.PENANAYY0tV9tko4
like the weight of a pet curled at your feet, 167Please respect copyright.PENANA2DOtaEgdw2
their breath syncing with the pulse of home. 167Please respect copyright.PENANAewhKETocke
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Wasn’t it all so achingly alive? 167Please respect copyright.PENANA9g6rfNGHOv
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The air electric with nothingness and everything: 167Please respect copyright.PENANAQLhzjMyuFt
an afternoon sprawled on grandmother’s couch, 167Please respect copyright.PENANArRuQY5HJOb
the hum of a box fan drowning the world’s static, 167Please respect copyright.PENANAKrBc2mzRJZ
our hands sticky with popsicle promises. 167Please respect copyright.PENANAen1enL7R9Q
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Now, these moments unspool, 167Please respect copyright.PENANAHy4tg169nF
like glitter caught in the edges of old Polaroids. 167Please respect copyright.PENANAPxo8q8Yj4V
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Not gone, never gone, 167Please respect copyright.PENANAFntzAlJNEA
but held in the amber light of reflection, 167Please respect copyright.PENANAhZROhUgd4M
a time both retro and eternal, 167Please respect copyright.PENANAW7K0EoWJxf
where we were endless, 167Please respect copyright.PENANAx7ODOOHqkm
and the world shone as if it knew us.167Please respect copyright.PENANAr4Up6nWCjP