Some nights I need to be held. Tonight I'm a listener. So nice to lie …

Don DeLillo
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Some nights I need to be held. Tonight I'm a listener. So nice to lie in rumpled sheets and listen. Cover me with words. ✨ Don DeLillo (1991). Libra, p.71, Penguin
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Some nights I need to be held. Tonight I'm a listener. So nice to lie in rumpled sheets and listen. Cover me with words. ✨ Don DeLillo (1991). Libra, p.71, Penguin

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