The alcohol smell is on my fingers, cold and remote, piercing like a s…

Margaret Atwood
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The alcohol smell is on my fingers, cold and remote, piercing like a steel pin going in. It smells like white enamel basins. When I look up at the stars in the nighttime, cold and white and sharp, I think they must smell like that. ✨ Margaret Atwood (1989). Cat's Eye, Bantam
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The alcohol smell is on my fingers, cold and remote, piercing like a steel pin going in. It smells like white enamel basins. When I look up at the stars in the nighttime, cold and white and sharp, I think they must smell like that. ✨ Margaret Atwood (1989). Cat's Eye, Bantam

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