I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead; I lift my lids and all is…

Sylvia Plath
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I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead; I lift my lids and all is born again. (I think I made you up inside my head.) The stars go waltzing out in blue and red, And arbitrary blackness gallops in: I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead. I dreamed that you bewitched me into bed And sung me moon-struck, kissed me quite insane. (I think I made you up inside my head.) ✨ sylvia plath (1971). the bell jar
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