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I put the gold star up in the front window beside the flag. Alterations is what I know and what I did: hems, gussets and seams.

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
Stars
Flag
Work
Beside
Flags
Star
Fronts
Window
Seams
Front
Hem
Gold
Alterations

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