Petal, like a persistent song phrase, like a few stubborn lines of verse memorized in childhood. The needle was stuck. (Annie Proulx)

Petal, like a persistent song phrase, like a few stubborn lines of verse memorized in childhood. The needle was stuck.

Annie Proulx

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