..I fancied you'd return the way you said, But I grow old and I forget…

Sylvia Plath
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..I fancied you'd return the way you said, But I grow old and I forget your name. (I think I made you up inside my head.) I should have loved a thunderbird instead; At least when spring comes they roar back again. I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead. (I think I made you up inside my head.) ✨ sylvia plath (1971). the bell jar
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