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All considerations for these human remains! They must have an escort! They are classified!

All considerations for these human remains! They must have an escort! They are classified!

War, Consideration, Humans

Anne Sexton (1999). “Love Poems”, p.54, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

being sixteen in the pants I died full of questions

Sixteen, Pants, Died

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!

Ocean, Thinking, Wings

Anne Sexton, Diane Wood Middlebrook, Diana Hume George (2000). “Selected Poems of Anne Sexton”, p.48, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Poets are sitting in my kitchen. Why do these poets lie? Why do children get children and Did you hear what it said?

Children, Lying, Poetry

Anne Sexton, “Portrait Of An Old Woman On The College Tavern Wall”

The town is silent. The night boils with eleven stars. Oh starry starry night! This is how I want to die.

Stars, Night, Want

Anne Sexton, Diane Wood Middlebrook, Diana Hume George (2000). “Selected Poems of Anne Sexton”, p.49, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

bike downtown, stick out tongues at the Catholics. Or form a Piss Club where we all go in the bushes and peek at each other's sex.

Sex, Games, Childhood

Anne Sexton (1978). “Words for Dr. Y.: uncollected poems with three stories”, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH)

We talked death with burned-up intensity, both of us drawn to it like moths to an electric light bulb. Sucking on it!

Light, Intensity, Bulbs

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