I am sending back the key that let me into bluebeard's study; because …

Sylvia Plath
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I am sending back the key that let me into bluebeard's study; because he would make love to me I am sending back the key; in his eye's darkroom I can see my X-rayed heart, dissected body: I am sending back the key that let me into bluebeard s study. ✨ Sylvia Plath (2015). Collected Poems, p.268, Faber & Faber
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