The boys and girls are one tonight. They unbutton blouses. They unzip flies. They take off shoes. They turn off the light. The glimmering creatures are full of lies. They are eating each other. They are overfed. At night, alone, I marry the bed.
Anne SextonThey [daisies] are my favorite flower. There is something innocent and vulnerable about them as if they thanked you for admiring them.
Anne SextonDonโt worry if they say youโre crazy. They said that about me and yet I was saner than all of them. I knew. No matter. You know. Insane or sane, you know. Itโs a good thing to know - no matter what they call it.
Anne SextonShe suffers according to the digits of my hate. I hear the filaments of alabaster. I would lie down with them and lift my madness off like a wig. I would lie outside in a room of wool and let the snow cover me. Paris white or flake white or argentine, all in the washbasin of my mouth, calling โOh.โ I am empty. I am witless. Death is here. There is no other settlement.
Anne Sexton