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Yet love enters my blood like an I.V., dripping in its little white moments.

Anne Sexton

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Anne Sexton
Age: 45 †
Born: 1928
Born: November 9
Died: 1974
Died: October 4
Poet
Writer
Newton
Massachusetts
Anne Gray Harvey
Blood
White
Moments
Littles
Little
Love
Like
Dripping
Enters

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