He stops, looks up at this window, and I can see the white oblong of h…

Margaret Atwood
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He stops, looks up at this window, and I can see the white oblong of his face. We look at each other. I have no rose to toss, he has no lute. But it's the same kind of hunger. ✨ Margaret Atwood (2016). The Handmaid's Tale, p.296, Random House
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He stops, looks up at this window, and I can see the white oblong of his face. We look at each other. I have no rose to toss, he has no lute. But it's the same kind of hunger. ✨ Margaret Atwood (2016). The Handmaid's Tale, p.296, Random House

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