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Again, I catch myself reminiscing those days I spent with you – long swallowed by the rotating seasons. Wooden blocks and sandboxes stole away the hours that turned swiftly into years. Blocks and boxes became bicycles and video games. We explored our backyard – a giant forest that extended far beyond the property lines, filled with narrow trails and hidden alcoves, blanketed by fallen leaves and needles. We conquered many worlds by magic-empowered sword, mushroom-boosted race-cart and supersonic cannon. With summer came splashing about in the shallows, after ice cream from the lakeside store. Winter brought snowba

1. Coins shimmer in the sunlight, dazzled, and fall into fountains. Sandals smooth the cobbles and cerulean waves form as bright shapes race beneath the lip of the surf. 2. Wind flies over a moor, rustling heather under a turbulent storm-sky. A fox darts uphill, aiming for the mountains – looming shadows of stone, snow, solitude. 3. Dinner steams, coals glow, the table's rough grain melts into the tatami mat. Glimpsed through the ajar door falls rain – filling the metal pail and the goats' trough. 4. Here, green shoots spring from the frigid soil. Gulls squawk and cows moan. Bike tires spin routinely down a mud

Cotton dress, sandals, blisters. Heat burns; no shade. Pale blue sky meets pale blue waves beyond clacking palm trees. Paved road, its sandy shoulder, garbage tossed and tiny birds, electrical wires, pastel houses behind gates and walls. Española: Suvenires, Casino Playas del Coco. Bicycles and automobiles, parking lots. Air-conditioned grocery store: a filled basket. "Gracias," "De nada." Road out of town, sunburnt hills curl beneath sunburnt trees. Packed in shuttles, up the mountains, a cloud forest: blurs of bright feathers, unfamiliar calls. Flashlights off, fireflies' glow. Faint sounds, a galaxy

Cotton dress, sandals, blisters. Heat burns; no shade. Pale blue sky meets pale blue waves beyond clacking palm trees. Paved road, its sandy shoulder, garbage tossed and tiny birds, electrical wires, pastel houses behind gates and walls. Española: Suvenires, Casino Playas del Coco. Bicycles and automobiles, parking lots. Air-conditioned grocery store: a filled basket. "Gracias," "De nada." Road out of town, sunburnt hills curl beneath sunburnt trees. Packed in shuttles, up the mountains, a cloud forest: blurs of bright feathers, unfamiliar calls. Flashlights off, fireflies' glow. Faint sounds, a galaxy