I am terrified by this dark thing That sleeps in me; All day I feel it…

Sylvia Plath
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I am terrified by this dark thing That sleeps in me; All day I feel its soft, feathery turnings, its malignity. ✨ 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; All day I feel its soft, feathery turnings, its malignity. ✨ Sylvia Plath (2010). Ariel: The Restored Edition, p.35, Faber & Faber

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