Parenting
When I Sniff The Skin Under My Swatch, It Is Once Again Summer 1986
by Leigh Anderson
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1. Hammer Pants
2. A Hands Across America T-shirt
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
7. Braided, Streaming Barrettes
8. A Simple Minds Poster
10. A Copy of Top Gun on VHS
11. Any Madeleine L’Engle Novel
Yep, that should about do it. Who’s with me?
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