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Some women marry houses. It's another kind of skin it has a heart, a mouth, a liver and bowel movements.

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
House
Houses
Another
Marry
Women
Skin
Heart
Skins
Kind
Mouth
Bowel
Mouths
Liver
Marriage
Movements
Movement
Wedding

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