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Tanya Robinson is looking at the stage and thinking of the first concert she ever went to– it was the Temps–and how Bobby Wilson kissed her right in the middle of “My Girl.” Very romantic. She’s roused from these thoughts by her daughter, who’s shaking her arm. “Look, Mom, there’s the crippled man. Over there with the other

wheelchair-people.” Barbara points to the left and down a couple of rows. Here the seats have been removed to make room for two ranks of wheelchairs. “I see him, Barb, but it’s not polite to stare.” “I hope he has a good time, don’t you?” Tanya smiles at her daughter. “I sure do, honey.”

“Can we have our phones back? We need them for the start of the show.” To take pictures with is what Tanya Robinson assumes . . . because it’s been a long time since she’s been to a rock show. She opens her purse and doles out the candycolored phones. For a wonder, the girls just hold them. For the time being, they’re too

busy goggling around to call or text. Tanya puts a quick kiss on top of Barb’s head and then sits back, lost in the past, thinking of Bobby Wilson’s kiss. Not quite the first, but the first good one. She hopes that when the time comes, Barb will be as lucky.