: the 64th anniversary of the bombing at Hiroshima; on TV a young boy and girl take turns orating a memorized speech; is everyone wearing white?; camera view of the wrecked dome and piles of brick; yellow flowers and Aso-sama bowing before an archway; just make the train; assist students with pre-recitation contest for a school mini competition; F.-sensei and I talk about Hiroshima, how it is or isn’t taught in Japan and America; riding home a group of high school boys, tan on bikes, say hello; one of whom was maybe a former student but his hair is shaved and much thinner; tell B. about soup curry at Goyen; hot sunlight, movie trailers, folding laundry, washing dishes; the floor is littered in litter, dry cat food; conversation is loud; table for six is a table for eight; a prelude to the coming year.
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