At twenty I tried to die And get back, back, back to you. I thought ev…

Sylvia Plath
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At twenty I tried to die And get back, back, back to you. I thought even the bones would do. ✨ Sylvia Plath (2011). Selected Poems of Sylvia Plath, p.50, Faber & Faber
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