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147 A Cabinet of Natural Curiosities Love. Our dog, asleep on the comforter we tossed on the bed just for him. The sound of the furnace. A fire in the fireplace. The temperature outside: twelve degrees. My mother sleeping in assisted living. That we are not grandparents. Tonight on ESPN, number one playing number four. One will lose. LED bulbs throughout the house. Too many books on the shelves. Early afternoon. Nine recordings of John Lee Hooker. The rakes in the garage. The shovels, too. Cacti along the south windowsill. The bed. The pillows on the bed. A collection of mah-jongg tiles. A Scrabble game. Nothing under the magnets on the refrigerator. The drawing our daughter made in third grade. ...

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