I felt the mask crumple, the great poisonous store of corrosive ashes …

Sylvia Plath
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I felt the mask crumple, the great poisonous store of corrosive ashes begin to spew out of my mouth. ✨ Sylvia Plath (2007). The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath, p.152, Anchor
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I felt the mask crumple, the great poisonous store of corrosive ashes begin to spew out of my mouth. ✨ Sylvia Plath (2007). The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath, p.152, Anchor

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