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There is rust in my mouth,the stain of an old kiss.

There is rust in my mouth,the stain of an old kiss.

Anne Sexton
Kissing, Rust, Mouths
Anne Sexton (1976). “45 Mercy Street”, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH)

My mouth blooms like a cut.

Anne Sexton
Cutting, Kissing, Mouths
Anne Sexton (1999). “Love Poems”, p.2, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

you see, we live in a cold climate and are not permitted to kiss on the street so I made up a song that wasn't true. I made up a song called Marriage.

Anne Sexton
Marriage, Song, Kissing
Anne Sexton (1999). “Love Poems”, p.6, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

And tonight our skin, our bones, that have survived our fathers, will meet, delicate in the hold, fastened together in an intricate lock. Then one of us will shout, "My need is more desperate!" and I will eat you slowly with kisses even though the killer in you has gotten out.

Anne Sexton
Father, Kissing, Skins
Anne Sexton (1999). “Love Poems”, p.20, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

I want to kiss God on His nose and watch Him sneeze and so do you. Not out of disrespect. Out of pique. Out of a man-to-man thing.

Anne Sexton
God, Jesus, Kissing

Our checks are pale. Our wallets are invalids. Past due, past due, is what our bills are saying and yet we kiss in every corner, scuffing the dust and the cat. Love rises like bread as we go bust.

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

When someone kisses someone or flushes the toilet it is my other who sits in a ball and cries. My other beats a tin drum in my heart. My other hangs up laundry as I try to sleep. My other cries and cries and cries when I put on a cocktail dress.

Anne Sexton
Sleep, Heart, Kissing
Anne Sexton, “The Other”

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