..for the dead fish was striped like a cat and the sky was striped like the fish and the conch was whorled… — John Cheever

..for the dead fish was striped like a cat and the sky was striped like the fish and the conch was whorled like an ear and the beach was ribbed like a dog's mouth and the movables in the surf splintered and crashed like the walls of Jericho.

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