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Recognition

The smell of age emanates off the polaroids as he lifts the image close to his face. The yellowed figures stare back at him, an unrecognizable pair upon first glance but whose eyes speak of familiarity. The young couple hold each other with a subtle air of passion. The man’s arm ropes confidently around the woman’s shoulders.

Youth, innocence, and an implication of a bygone era speaks to him.

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