The crooked little tomato branches, pulpy and pale as if made of cheap…

John Updike
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The crooked little tomato branches, pulpy and pale as if made of cheap green paper, broke under the weight of so much fruit; there was something frantic in such fertility, a crying-out like that of children frantic to please. ✨ John Updike (2007). The Witches of Eastwick, p.8, Penguin UK
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The crooked little tomato branches, pulpy and pale as if made of cheap green paper, broke under the weight of so much fruit; there was something frantic in such fertility, a crying-out like that of children frantic to please. ✨ John Updike (2007). The Witches of Eastwick, p.8, Penguin UK

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