But suicides have a special language. Like carpenters they want to know which tools. They never ask why build. Twice I have so simply declared mysel… - Anne Sexton

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But suicides have a special language.
Like carpenters they want to know which tools.
They never ask why build.

Twice I have so simply declared myself,
have possessed the enemy, eaten the enemy,
have taken on his craft, his magic.

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About Anne Sexton

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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Suicides have a special language.
Like carpenters they want to know which tools.
They never ask why build.
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