I was up in the barn putting the horses to bed. On the radio, there was a show about animals. A woman read a letter to her cat who loved her through the woman's alcoholism, anorexia, and cutting. In the background played the music "Comptine d'un autre été". I listened to the sad story, seemingly sadder because of the music and which ended with the cat leaving the woman, sensing, she thought, that the woman no longer needed her. The song made a brain worm in my head.
In the house, I headed upstairs to see Lauren, newly arrived home from college. In her hands was a sheet of music: "Comptine d'un autre été". And no, she wasn't listening to the radio. Here's a YouTube version:
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