And I, stepping from this skin Of old bandages, boredoms, old faces St…

Sylvia Plath
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And I, stepping from this skin Of old bandages, boredoms, old faces Step to you from the black car of Lethe, Pure as a baby. ✨ Sylvia Plath (2010). Ariel: The Restored Edition, p.64, Faber & Faber
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And I, stepping from this skin Of old bandages, boredoms, old faces Step to you from the black car of Lethe, Pure as a baby. ✨ Sylvia Plath (2010). Ariel: The Restored Edition, p.64, Faber & Faber

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