Anne Sexton - The awful rowing toward God

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Be careful of words,
... they can be both daisies and bruises.

Anne Sexton

Perhaps I am no one.
True, I have a body
and I cannot escape from it.
I would like to fly out of my head,
but that is out of the question.
It is written on the table of destiny
that I am stuck here in this human form.
That being the case
I would like to call attention to my problem.

Anne Sexton

I try to take care
and be gentle to them.
Words and eggs must be handled with care.
Once broken they are impossible things to repair.

Anne Sexton

Maybe I am becoming a hermit, opening the door for only a few special animals? Maybe my skull is too crowded and it has no opening through which to feed it soup?

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The ground has on its clothes.
The trees poke out of sheets
and each branch wears the sock of God.

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Only my books anoint me, and a few friends, those who reach into my veins.

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I cannot walk an inch
without trying to walk to God.

Anne Sexton