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Sylvia Plath

Psychotic pain rips her flesh from bone Leaving her ragged skeletal shadow brutally Assaulted by maniacal horror imperceptible to the mentally normal Temptation conquers her and she welcomes serene death with poisonous applause, gas her invisible Hangman’s noose-forever silencing her

Copyright © | Year Posted 2010




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Date: 10/30/2010 9:27:00 AM
Dark words, sad... hope, We all have pains and sorrows, how we approach them is the difference between sane and insane. Hope for a brighter morning, hope...
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Date: 10/24/2010 12:59:00 PM
Deep and dark one Amy ... luv the Acrostic form luv and your words are truly interesting too.. appreciate u reading and commenting on my poetry today luv..
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