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Sylvia Plath
Sylvia -
daddy was complex,
aloof and off to praise
a rotten war.
Mother lived
under a bell jar
and and never turned
around to see
the color of
your eyes.
Marriage was not
the tonic
you hoped it would be -
no salvation
in taking care
of dust and laundry;
and children did not come
with wings,
only rope.
So you compensated -
two glasses of milk
and your head stuffed inside the oven,
baking
like an offering
until the heavy thump
came on the floor
and you were confiscated.
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10825 deviations
Literature
Sylvia Plath
Sylvia -
daddy was complex,
aloof and off to praise
a rotten war.
Mother lived
under a bell jar
and and never turned
around to see
the color of
your eyes.
Marriage was not
the tonic
you hoped it would be -
no salvation
in taking care
of dust and laundry;
and children did not come
with wings,
only rope.
So you compensated -
two glasses of milk
and your head stuffed inside the oven,
baking
like an offering
until the heavy thump
came on the floor
and you were confiscated.
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