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He walked through the wreckage of my house, boots crunching over glass and plaster.
He was probably thinking about schedules and square footage.
A broken picture frame, half-buried under dust.
He almost walked past.
Then he saw the corner of a photo and bent down.
He picked it up, wiped the glass with his sleeve.
And froze.
Because the woman in that photo was his mother.
Standing in my old kitchen, holding a baby on her hip.
And the baby laughing at the camera was him.
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