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It's a little mad, but I believe I am many people. When I am writing a poem, I feel I am the person who should have written it.

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
Believe
Persons
People
Person
Little
Self
Poem
Many
Mad
Feel
Poetry
Feels
Written
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Littles

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