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Upstairs  Stairway 51 Landing This square where I sneakily sat to watch TV through the library’s glass door long after my bedtime, where I once gave myself away singing “The Star-Spangled Banner” as WATE signed off, this square was sometimes Perry Mason’s helicopter and sometimes Mt. Sinai, down from which Moses strode when we played The Ten Commandments. Now it’s the place where I stand hands out behind my mother to help her navigate the last two steps. ...

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