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OLD DWARF HEART by ANNE SEXTON

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First Line: WHEN I LIE DOWN TO LOVE
Last Line: mother, father, I'm made of
Subject(s): GOD; RELIGION; THEOLOGY;
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https://www.google.com/books/edition/Selected_Poems_of_Anne_Sexton/AZoc-CKhlm0C?q=ANNE+SEXTON+%22WHEN+I+LIE+DOWN+TO+LOVE%22&gbpv=1#f=false


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