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All day I've built a lifetime and now the sun sinks to undo it.
Anne Sexton
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Anne Sexton
Age: 45 †
Born: 1928
Born: November 9
Died: 1974
Died: October 4
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Newton
Massachusetts
Anne Gray Harvey
Lifetime
Sun
Built
Sinks
Undo
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