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**‘Leftovers’: Noun. Plural. Something remaining after the rest has been used or consumed. Surplus. Leavings. Legacy.**

FOUND: in trunk in attic

Love letters from an ex-husband. Mine. Circa 1973 - 1974. Two hundred and fifty-three of them. I don’t remember saving them. Am thinking my mother must have.

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It occurred to me to throw them out, then it occurred to me to return them, or burn them, then it occured to me to read them again and then decide. But I haven’t. So far. Which is perhaps just as well, since I promised my ex-stepson I would not be unkind or disrespectful or make any jokes at his father’s expense. And which I haven’t. So far. At least not today.

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#32 - Love Letters

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