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The future is a fog that is still hanging out over the sea, a boat that floats home or does not.

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
Future
Stills
Doe
Fog
Home
Floats
Still
Hanging
Boat
Sea

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