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I am a collection of dismantled almosts.

Anne Sexton

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Anne Sexton
Age: 45 †
Born: 1928
Born: November 9
Died: 1974
Died: October 4
Poet
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Newton
Massachusetts
Anne Gray Harvey
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Dismantled
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Imperfection
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Collections
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Individuality

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Inside many of us is a small old man who wants to get out.
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I must always forget how one word is able to pick out another, to manner another, until I have got something I might have said... but did not.
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There is an animal inside me, clutching fast to my heart, a huge crab.
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There is rust in my mouth,the stain of an old kiss.
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I wonder if the artist ever lives his life--he is so busy recreating it.
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Let God be some tribal female who is known but forbidden.
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Watch out for intellect, because it knows so much it knows nothing and leaves you hanging upside down, mouthing knowledge as your heart falls out of your mouth.
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They [daisies] are my favorite flower. There is something innocent and vulnerable about them as if they thanked you for admiring them.
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The boys and girls are one tonight. They unbutton blouses. They unzip flies. They take off shoes. They turn off the light. The glimmering creatures are full of lies. They are eating each other. They are overfed. At night, alone, I marry the bed.
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