Unless I can shake myself free of my dog, my flag,
of my desk, my mind, I find life a bit of a drag.
Not always, mind you. Usually I'm like my frying pan
useful, graceful, sturdy and with no caper, no plan.

Selected Poems of Anne Sexton (ed. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2000) - ISBN: 9780618057047