mmmmcccii

The First Word Found
Behind Each Buckle

Belt that one out at
breakneck, why don’t
you? We’re already
all the way back to

2006, and things are
generally fine (I rem
ember wine and fine
dining, Valentine’s and

rolls of twine). Papaw, a
numismatist, got us already 

worn-looking leather belts 

apiece, each with its own

shimmering bicentennial
$ coin. “Heads, you win!”