The moon is no door. It is a face in its own right, White as a knuckle…

Sylvia Plath
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The moon is no door. It is a face in its own right, White as a knuckle and terribly upset. It drags the sea after it like a dark crime; it is quiet With the O-gape of complete despair. I live here. ✨ Sylvia Plath (2015). Collected Poems, p.153, Faber & Faber
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