November

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"To me, November has always been soft songs,
piano keys, and the only time my mother
would let me use her lipstick.
We dressed real nice to the grown-up parties,
and looking back now, I see why my sisters and I
behaved without being told.
To me, November is always a flashback
to something I'm not sure I've lived.
I remember the only warmth was the cider on my lips,
I remember my face like an old mirror;
pearls, hats, and long eyelashes.
For one month I am lost."
-Schuyler Peck

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