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The stars are pears that no one can reach, even for a wedding. Perhaps for a death.

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
Wedding
Reach
Perhaps
Stars
Death
Even
Pears

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