I am terrified by this dark thing that sleeps in me. ✨ Sylvia Plath (2…

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I am terrified by this dark thing that sleeps in me. ✨ Sylvia Plath (2010). Ariel: The Restored Edition, p.35, Faber & Faber
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I am terrified by this dark thing that sleeps in me. ✨ Sylvia Plath (2010). Ariel: The Restored Edition, p.35, Faber & Faber

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