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Despite my asbestos gloves, the cough is filling me with black, and a red powder seeps through my veins.

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
Burning
Red
Asbestos
Seeps
Despite
Cough
Fire
Powder
Black
Gloves
Veins
Filling

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