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I will be steel! I will build a steel bridge over my need! I will build a bomb shelter over my heart! But my future is a secret. It is as shy as a mole.

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
Heart
Resolve
Stoicism
Bridges
Moles
Build
Bomb
Strength
Shy
Secret
Bridge
Future
Shelter
Need
Steel
Needs
Bombs
Mole

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