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Generosity

A spare tire, a Shirley Temple doll, a bruise in the unmistakable shape of a hand

An Easter-bonnet contest, a bright green baker’s hat, a naughty hat

A Donny Osmond doll, an abortion, a clear-cut

Sacred underclothes, a sheer negligee, a note pinned to a mattress

Indian names, the McCarthy hearings, cigars

The Ganges river, Beethoven’s Fifth Piano Concerto, Key West

Frolicking in DDT; learning the constellations, remembering a clubhouse initiation

Pink laundry, kidney stones, tapeworms

Duck, Duck, Goose; Central Park; manic depression

A stolen backpack, a lesson on self-esteem, a stranger and a thunderstorm

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