Quotation by Sylvia Plath

Do I terrify?—

The nose, the eye pits, the full set of teeth?
The sour breath
Will vanish in a day.
Sylvia Plath (1932–1963), U.S. poet. Lady Lazarus (l. 12–15). . .

The Collected Poems [Sylvia Plath]. Ted Hughes, ed. (1981) HarperCollins.
Surprise me with a
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