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Once I was beautiful. Now I am myself, Counting this row and that row of moccasins. Waiting on the silent shelf.
Anne SextonAbout author
- Author's profession: Poet
- Nationality: american
- Born: November 9, 1928
- Died: October 4, 1974
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