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I received the issue while on a plane to nyc and as I came to know that's where a couple of the contributors happen to be based the coincidence made me smile, as did the parallel "small world" feeling from the cross-pollinating energies emerging between the pieces. It's interesting that the theme rendered many variations on temporality. Particularly summer seasons and repetition as well as distance and absence. I have a newfound appreciation for the word cream after observing the web of associations sprawl from touch to time.