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I have a black look I do not like. It is a mask I try on. I migrate toward it and its frog sits on my lips and defecates.

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
Toward
Black
Migrate
Look
Frog
Looks
Frogs
Trying
Sits
Like
Mask
Lips
Anger

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