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Sylvia Plath |
 (1965)
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Poppies In October |
Even the sun-clouds this morning cannot manage such skirts. Nor the woman in the ambulance Whose red heart blossoms through her coat so astoundingly-
A gift, a love gift Utterly unasked for By a sky
Palely and flamily Igniting its carbon monoxides, by eyes Dulled to a halt under bowlers.
O my god, what am I That these late mouths should cry open In a forest of frost, in a dawn of cornflowers. |
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