Stars open among the lilies. Are you not blinded by such expressionles…

Sylvia Plath
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Stars open among the lilies. Are you not blinded by such expressionless sirens? This is the silence of astounded souls. ✨ Sylvia Plath (2015). Collected Poems, p.160, Faber & Faber
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