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Ode to Anne (Sexton)

Oh dear, I know how you feel,
death may be painful but at least it's real.
Suicide is not painless,
nor is it blameless,
yet it invites me
like a long lost lover,
he wants me to crawl under the cover
and feel his sweet yet painful embrace,
when he enters I feel such disgrace.
Can you see the shame on my face?

4th May 99