One thing I know about death is that it touches my psyche a… - Anne Sexton

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One thing I know about death is that it touches my psyche and mumbles in her magnificently unknown words; it floats within me and wanders through my bones every day.

Anne Sexton

Anne Sexton: A Self-Portrait in Letters · October 1, 2004 Verified in 1 source Sign up to see the complete provenance

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Anne Sexton (November 9, 1928 - October 4, 1974), born Anne Gray Harvey, was an American poet and writer. She won the Pulitzer Prize in poetry in 1967 for Live or Die.

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The soul was not cured,
it was as full as a clothes closet
of dresses that did not fit.

I planned to suffer
and I cannot.

You fell, she said, just remember you fell.
I fell, is all he told the doctors
in the big hospital. A nice lady came
and asked him questions but because
he didn't want to be sent away he said, I fell.
He never said anything else although he could talk fine.

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