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A letter from DanielCalifornia, United States

A very late first day.

I was fifty-eight on my first day of swimming lessons. The other adults arrived with matching goggles and caps. Mine were borrowed from my grandson and had a small shark on the side.

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A letter from AlexMichigan, United States

Small enough to begin.

After the shop closed, I kept waking up at five. For twenty-three years I had unlocked its door at six. My body had not received the news.

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