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gather?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMariama would like to speak with whoever designed it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt fifteen—nearly sixteen, thank you very much—she has begun filling sketchbooks with places she'd rather see.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHomes with wide windows and breezy courtyards.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSchools surrounded by gardens.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMarkets with sheltered walkways.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLittle libraries tucked into neighborhoods where children could wander in after school.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShe draws the buildings, but she always adds the people.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHer younger cousins racing through a courtyard.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn old woman resting beneath a tree.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFriends sitting together long after they've run out of anything important to say.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBecause Mariama thinks that's the part people sometimes 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