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javert on Dec 19, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: The Itch Nobody Can Scratch

> she said something that has been loitering in my mind ever since, wanting my attention but not quite sure why or what it is doing there

This is gramatically fine, makes sense, and didn't give me a second thought when I read the article.

jrochkind1 on Dec 19, 2014 [–]

So, there are ideas loitering in his mind that want his attention but aren't sure why? His ideas... have ideas of their own? Wait, or what is it that wants his attention but isn't sure why? Huh? I think it was an attempt at a metaphor that completely broke down, but I'm not certain.

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