"Some women marry houses. It's another kind of skin; it has a heart, a mouth, a liver and bowel movements."
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"Frog has no nerves. Frog is as old as a cockroach. Frog is my father's genitals. Frog is a malformed doorknob. Frog is a soft bag of green."
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"Be careful of words, / ... they can be both daisies and bruises."
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"I am torn in two but I will conquer myself."
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"Our eyes are full of terrible confessions."
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"I'm an empress. I wear an apron. My typewriter writes. It didn't break the way it warned. Even crazy, I'm as nice as a chocolate bar."
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"I imitatea memory of beliefthat I do not own."
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"One can't build little white picket fences to keep nightmares out."
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"Maybe I am becoming a hermit, opening the door for only a few special animals? Maybe my skull is too crowded and it has no opening through which to feed it soup?"
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"A woman who writes feels too much."
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"... a starving man doesn't ask what the meal is."
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"It's a little mad, but I believe I am many people. When I am writing a poem, I feel I am the person who should have written it."
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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."
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"I am stuffing your mouth with your promises and watching you vomit them out upon my face."
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"I was the girl of the chain letter, the girl full of talk of coffins and keyholes, the one of the telephone bills, the wrinkled photo and the lost connections."
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"It's all a matter of history. Brandy is no solace. Librium only lies me down like a dead snow queen. Yes! I am still the criminal."
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"Let there be seasons so that our tongues will be rich in asparagus and limes."
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"think of innocent Icarus who is doing quite well: larger than a sail, over the fog and the blast of the plushy ocean, he goes. Admire his wings!"
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"Even so, I must admire your skill. You are so gracefully insane."
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"To tell the truth days are all the same size and words aren't much company."
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