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A hockey rink, a volume of Anne Sexton’s collected poems, Planned Parenthood

Boarding school, a Southern drawl, fresh garlic

Cross-dressing, a lifelong eating disorder, the dazzling white image of life

Neil Young albums, a tetanus shot, Dilly Bars

Ovid’s Metamorphoses; sixteen yellow, legal-size pages; the Sea of Tranquility

Frank Sinatra, a .45 handgun, the Gettysburg Address

Patrick Henry, a peace sign, a Nazi salute

Thirty-fifth high-school reunion, fly-fishing, the 1960 World Series

Five packs of Red Vines, Uncle Wiggily’s Garden Patch, Jackie Robinson

A double-roof shot, an against medical advice form, a pair of champagne flutes

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