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When
your
best
friend
was
young
,
back
in
the
60s,
the
fridge
that
stood
guard
over
the
corner
of
his
kitchen
was
home
to
a
collection
of
magnetic_letters
.
He
didn’t
have
a
complete
set
,
and
the
limitation
made
for
exciting
creative
possibilities.
He
created
a
whole
vocabulary
of
magnetized
words
that
turned
into
a
nascent
language
and
you
and
your
friends
helped develop
it
over
the
course
of
a
year
.
It
was
an
exclusive
form
of
communication
and
you
all
had
names
bestowed upon
you
.
Your
best
friend
’s
name
has
been
lost
to
the
recesses
of
memory
and
you
grieve
this
.
He
has
been
gone
nine
years
and
now
his
secret
name
has
turned
to
dust
in
your
throat
.
You
remember
the
word
you
made
up
for
“vagina.” Figures.
You
remember
the
word
for
“
fire
”
because
every
emerging
culture
has
fire
at
the
center
–a
place
of
light
and
warmth
to
gather
around
,
a
place
where
stories
are
born
.
You
let
the
imagined
words
create
a
bond
between
you
so
that
even
in
adulthood,
right
up
until
the
day
his
heart
exploded
in
his
chest
and
took
him
from
you
forever
,
he
would
sometimes
call
you
by
your
secret
name
so
that
you
always
knew
who
you
were
in
the
world
,
and
where
you
belonged.
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