I have let things slip, a thirty-year~old cargo boat Stubbornly hangin…

Sylvia Plath
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I have let things slip, a thirty-year~old cargo boat Stubbornly hanging on to my name and address. ✨ Sylvia Plath (2010). Ariel: The Restored Edition, p.26, Faber & Faber
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I have let things slip, a thirty-year~old cargo boat Stubbornly hanging on to my name and address. ✨ Sylvia Plath (2010). Ariel: The Restored Edition, p.26, Faber & Faber

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