I am inhabited by a cry. Nightly it flaps out Looking, with its hooks,…

Sylvia Plath
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I am inhabited by a cry. Nightly it flaps out Looking, with its hooks, for something to love. ✨ Sylvia Plath (2010). Ariel: The Restored Edition, p.35, Faber & Faber
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