Victoria

Chimes

Tracing Nana

he old walnut clock chimed away a childhood I believed was eternal while I lay on my belly on the lush carpet and flipped through countless issues of that Nana kept in a wicker basket beside her reading chair. Muffled adult voices drifted in from the kitchen, and I heard the occasional slap of the screen door as cousins ran in and out of the house, begging me to come out and

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