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carrying the plates and washing the forks before I had risen from my seat, a gesture that required no comment and received none.
The youngest one pointed at the little flag magnet on the refrigerator and asked why it was crooked.
I told him his grandpa had put it there.
“Then leave it,” he said.
So I left it.
I left the garland on the banister too. I left continue reading …
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