Here in the hospital, I say, that is not my body, not my bo… - Anne Sexton

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Here in the hospital, I say,
that is not my body, not my body.
I am not here for the doctors
to read like a recipe.

Anne Sexton

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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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Alternative Names: Anne Gray Harvey

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I am so tired of that old suffering.

Once I was beautiful. Now I am myself,
Counting this row and that row of moccasins
Waiting on the silent shelf.

Fact: death too is in the egg. Fact: the body is dumb, the body is meat.
And tomorrow the O.R. Only the summer was sweet.

Here in the hospital, I say, that is not my body, not my body. I am not here for the doctors to read like a recipe. - Anne Sexton

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