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When I Sniff The Skin Under My Swatch, It Is Once Again Summer 1986

by Leigh Anderson
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1. Hammer Pants

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2. A Hands Across America T-shirt

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3. Some kind of alcohol rub, to kill that funky wrist-smell when you finally free the squashed, poreless skin beneath the plastic band.

4. A mixtape of Mr. Mister’s “Kyrie,” “These Dreams” by Heart and Falco’s “Rock Me Amadeus.”

5. Mousse

6. Jelly Shoes

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7. Braided, Streaming Barrettes

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8. A Simple Minds Poster

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9. Bonnie Bell Lip Smackers

10. A Copy of Top Gun on VHS

11. Any Madeleine L’Engle Novel

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Yep, that should about do it. Who’s with me?

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