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Robin
page seven of etiolated. my life. a framed photo of nana and granddaddy. a glass-door cabinet with photo albums and a collection of dolls designed like dancers and clowns. a backyard arbor and fountain covered in flowering vines. the fountain has tadpoles. a woodcarving from korea. an ancient television with a shawl folded on top. the television was kept at maximum volume so granddaddy could hear it. words say: nana set up u.s. bonds for me when i was born. next panel, she died five years before the bonds matured and i redeemed them to pay for college. robin in the shawl sits at a laptop, from which spring crumbs and wings, which turn into a folded sheet of paper that reads "a few hundred bucks". next panel, ten years and more after she died, i pawned her jade necklace. robin and a clerk converse from either side of bullet proof glass - do you own this item? yes. the corner holds a drawing of a jade dragon holding a set pearl on a gold chain. the last panel: i kept nana's deck of cards with daffodils on the back. four figures sit at a table playing cards. one figure has a large heart on their chest. another figure has a skull, indicating it is robin.

nana and granddaddy met while they were military nurses in korea.

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