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September 10, 1969
They never talked about the spelling test at dinner because the Atomic Energy Commission detonated a 40-kiloton nuclear device 8,426 feet below the ground somewhere in the middle of nowhere in Colorado. His dad couldn’t come home for dinner because he had to stay in Washington an extra day on account of the big explosion. His mother wasn't up to going over the words he missed.
The government was blowing up parts of the country. His best friend's dad was burnt to death taking a hill in Vietnam that the enemy got right back. His father was in D.C., doing something. His mother was smoking a Kent. His friend's mom was drinking cheap vodka and shooting smack in an alley in Philadelphia. He was making good grades, looking forward to a bright future.
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