Cold glass, how you insert yourself Between myself and myself. I scrat…

Sylvia Plath
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Cold glass, how you insert yourself Between myself and myself. I scratch like a cat. The blood that runs is dark fruit- An effect, a cosmetic. You smile. No, it is not fatal. ✨ Sylvia Plath (2010). Ariel: The Restored Edition, p.49, Faber & Faber
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Cold glass, how you insert yourself Between myself and myself. I scratch like a cat. The blood that runs is dark fruit- An effect, a cosmetic. You smile. No, it is not fatal. ✨ Sylvia Plath (2010). Ariel: The Restored Edition, p.49, Faber & Faber

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