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Idealism

Ghosts of plantation-owner ancestors, sainthood abandoned, a long red scar

A high-school reunion, a knock-knock joke, a laughing game

A leaf floating and swirling in a breeze, the Reading Club, a chipmunk

A ride to a piano lesson, a right hook, a trail of mud

A miniature Chihuahua puppy, a pottery course, a tiny village in Sweden

Saucer-shaped rocks, a bicycle-courier business, roller skates

Cosmetic surgery, breast cancer, a late-model silver Volvo

Two tightly saran-wrapped joints for Grandma, a baggie on the water fountain, Desi Arnaz

Psycho, typing class, the World Trade Center

Baked Alaska, schizophrenia, decorative painting

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