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Fathers

A green swing set, Mother’s Day cards, an afternoon of “Tosca”

December 1988
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First Kiss

At church camp, in a air raid shelter in wartime England, on an old flatbed trailer

November 1988
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Signs And Symbols

The Alphabet Lady; a broad, black, shiny feather; a penny on the tip of the lion’s nose

October 1988
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Two Worlds

A left-hand turn; a dew-laced web; a piece of blue paper, folded once

September 1988
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Having Fun

Playing with dolphins, finding things to enjoy, flying kites

August 1988
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Progress

Being a tree, meeting the neighbors, growing larger than pains

July 1988
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A Letter Never Written

Adopting, reconnecting with an old friend, being AWOL in peacetime

June 1988
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Heroes And Heroines

Margaret Mead, John Lennon, Mister B.

May 1988
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Flirting

A sock in the arm, a borrowed pencil, a thrown cork

April 1988
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First Memory

Feeling safe in a father’s arms, sighting a lost yo-yo in the lake, being on Mars

March 1988
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