The night sky is only a sort of carbon paper, Blueblack, with the much…

Sylvia Plath
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The night sky is only a sort of carbon paper, Blueblack, with the much-poked periods of stars Letting in the light, peephole after peephole--- A bonewhite light, like death, behind all things. ✨ Sylvia Plath (2015). Collected Poems, p.144, Faber & Faber
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The night sky is only a sort of carbon paper, Blueblack, with the much-poked periods of stars Letting in the light, peephole after peephole--- A bonewhite light, like death, behind all things. ✨ Sylvia Plath (2015). Collected Poems, p.144, Faber & Faber

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