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WaitingfortheBreeze
马蒂·阿通MartiAttoun
“Noairing？Howyousleep？”
afriendasks，horrified.I’vejustrevealedthatmyfamilyhasdecidedtoshuttheaireroffandtrimourelectricbill.
“Nobodyopensawindht，”
warnsanotherfriend，shavebeeforadecade.“Thisisthe90s.It’snotsafe.”
Onthisfirstnightofourcost-gadve’sonly85degrees.We’renotgoingtosuffer，butthethreekidsgrumbleanyway.They’vegrownupi，iheworldoutside.
“Howdoyouopenthesewindows？”
myhusbandasks.Jiggliabs，hefinallyreleasesopbodiesdecoratesthesills.Aswespringthewindowsohenightnoiseshowloutside—andin.
“It’stoohottosleep，”
my13-year-olddaughtermoans.
“I’mabouttodiefromthisheat，”
herbrotherhollersdo>
“Justtryittonight，”
Itellthe
IntruthI’mtuef.I’mexhaustedafterattendingGraeau.Itotedhomeherovaltinbathtubandthecestoodonlikeabigshotbehierofherstore.
Myfaceissweaty，butIliequietlylistenichoirsoutsidethatremindmeofchildhood.Theneighbhowls.Probablyatrespassi’sbeenyearssihetimetoreallyliste.
IthinkaboutGrandma，wholivedto92andstillsupervisedMuntiljustafewweeksbeforeshedied.Andthen，I’mbackthereatherhouseinthesummerheatofmyovemypillowtothefootofGrandma’sbedandanglemyfacetoenwindow.Iflipthepillow，huntingforthecoolerside.
Grahrashing.“Ifyou’lljustwatchforthebreeze，”
shesays，“you’llcooloffandfallasleep.”
SheksuptheVeianblinds.Istareatthefilmywhite，willingittstill，waiting，Isuddenly，sidethewindow.Thebugchorusshouts“Ajooga！
Ajooga！”
Neighbors，porglate，speakinhazywordsthatsootheme.
&gfrandmasayssoftly，andI“uhhuh”
inreply.Junebugspingthes.ThreeblocksawaytheFrisotrainrumblesacrossRooseveltAvechthestrassgs.ThehingI’tdecode—perhapsatreebrangtheasphaltshihestoreroofdoor.
Sleepy-eyednow，Ifothe.Itflutter...
“Mom，didyouhearthat？”
myseven-year-oldblurts，“Ithinkitwasano>
“Probably，”
Itellhim，“Justkeeplistening...”
Withairer，thehouseisoddlypeadtheunoisesseemoughtotouch.
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