Losing Stick

[Achebe]

The double simile in he last line is the only rough patch in an otherwise perfect piece

Are you talking about 'fly' and then 'down'? Cause flying is usually associated with upward or lateral motion? Sorry, confused.

No, I mean a feather simile for stickers which are themselves a metaphor for a relationship. It's not major, just something that bothered me when I read it. Might not be worth changing it