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We don't like flowers that do not wilt; they must die, and nine she-camel hairs aid memory.

Marianne Moore
Memories, Flower, Hair
Marianne Moore (1967). “The complete poems of Marianne Moore”, Viking Pr
We don't like flowers that do not wilt; they must die, and nine she-camel hairs aid memory.