Clifford's Spiral: Chapter 5

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In Clifford's Spiral, the stroke survivor’s past is blurry, and his memories are in pieces. He asks himself:

Who was Clifford Olmstead Klovis?

Stroke sufferer Clifford Klovis tries to piece together the colorful fragments of his memories. His thoughts swirl.

Chapter 5

The spiral was Clifford’s preoccupation:

It was a problem I fretted over, that I felt was somehow mine to solve. Like other problems I puzzled over, I knew there were finer minds in the world at work on these subjects. But I didn’t know any of those people. And if I did, doubtlessly they’d write me off as an amateur — a talented amateur, but I’d be ignored nevertheless.

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