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Summer 1988. Apollo’s white-hot chariot blazed through the blue sky over East Village Grocery on Avenue A. A gray-haired grocer sprayed rainbows across his fruits and vegetables in front of the store. On the sidewalk in front of me, a little old lady in a lavender moomoo and matching bob walked her poodle. Approaching from the opposite direction, a long-hair [...]
Lola is whining. I open the door to the dark hallway so she'll stop, so she'll know I'm here. The sunlight reveals a brown present she's left already, its odor mixing in with the faint smell of cigarettes. It’s hardening. I'm not going to clean it up. She's not my puppy. The open bedroom door illuminates the Husky’s crystal- blue [...]
