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A hot, muffled bang; Germany in 1932; Tibetan flutes

A case of teapot-sized tea bags, an autographed cocoa-splattered napkin, blackberries mingling with wild roses along the fence

A pregnancy test, a hope chest, a nitrous-oxide machine

False-bottomed aerosol cans, the “Chattanooga Choo-Choo,” a blue telephone-and-address book

Library books, a stage production of Cheaper by the Dozen, bacon-lettuce-and-tomato sandwiches

Morel mushroom hunting, midnight sledding on Suicide Hill, eraser racing

A tattoo, a stolen kiss, the Gulf of Tonkin incident

The “racetrack,” a click, the Zen of shooting

A piano bench, creaky beds, a carving of a swan’s neck and head

A fifty-dollar bill every Christmas, the enveloping calm of crystalline snow and limitless sky, a blip on a monitor

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