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"We were fair game but we have kept out of the cesspool. We are strong. We are the good ones. Do not discover us for we lie together all in green like pond weeds. Hold me, my young dear, hold me."

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About Anne Sexton

Anne Sexton was an American poet associated with confessional poetry and known for intensely personal verse. She received major literary recognition, including the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry.

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