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WAY THINGS USED TO BE 2

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MARBLE SEASON

Part 2

During Marble Season, kids flocked up to 88th street from 79th, down from 96th and across from halfway between Broadway and Amsterdam. No one came from Amsterdam or Columbus. We called the kids from Amsterdam and Columbus t...

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WAY THINGS USED TO BE 1

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(Continued from Making Things Disappear More Slowly)

MARBLE SEASON
Part 1
Nobody set the day it started, but the Saturday after Halloween we dug last year’s cigar box-full out of the bottom of a closet or ran up to Woolworth’s and bought new one...

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Making Things Disappear More Slowly

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MAKING THINGS DISAPPEAR MORE SLOWLY

What started me writing was watching things disappear. The flowers on the dining table disappeared fast; the rubber plant on the radiator cover, more slowly. The gaunt woman in the black bonnet and black dress ...

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