Anne Sexton

"And within the house ashes are being stuffed into my marriage, fury is lapping the walls, dishes crack on the shelves, a strangler needs my throat, the daughter has ceased to eat anything."

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Source: Anne Sexton (1976). “45 Mercy Street”, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH)

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Anne Sexton

Anne Sexton

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Anne Sexton was an American poet known for her confessional style, exploring themes of mental illness and love in works like 'Live or Die'.

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