More and more, I think of this event with longing. The quickness of heartbeat, the vivid plunge into the nectars of crepuscular flowers,
hovering in the infrared of night; the dank lazy half-sleep of daytime,
with bodies rounded and soft as furred plums clustering around me,
the mothers licking the tiny amazed faces of the newborn; the swift
love of what will come next, the anticipations of the tongue and of the
infurled, corrugated and scrolled nose, nose like a dead leaf, nose like
a radiator grille, nose of a denizen of Pluto.
The author uses a single long, lyrical sentence in paragraph 25 to create a —

feverish mood

reverent mood

nostalgic mood

thoughtful mood