...here in a walk-up apartment on the upper West Side, chairs were put out...
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...food was devoured
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...neighbors, friends, strangers gathered...
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...and the host welcomed us to a night of music.
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Then the singer began to sing...
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...all those songs Florence listened to during dissolving afternoons and that very last night.
For a brief moment I was home. Back in Her New York.