I do not want to take back any of the streets I have lost. I do not want to reclaim any cities. I lost Washington Avenue to Hal. A whole town to Shaw. The blue house on Stover Street to Kenny, though maybe I still have the way the morning sun warmed the kitchen. I surrendered Tech Terrace Park to Jason, along with a bar on Nineteenth Street.

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