Quotation by Anne Sexton

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Ashtrays to cry into,
the suffering brother of the wood walls,
the forty-eight keys of the typewriter
each an eyeball that is never shut,
the books, each a contestant in a beauty contest,
the black chair, a dog coffin made of Naugahyde....

Anne Sexton

Anne Sexton (1928–1974), U.S. poet. "The Room of My Life."

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