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" I wear silk -- the cover to uncover --
because silk is what I want you to think of.
But I dislike the cloth. It is too stern.

So tell me anything but track me like a climber
for here is the eye, here is the jewel,
here is the excitement the nipple learns.

I am unbalanced -- but I am not mad with snow.
I am mad the way young girls are mad,
with an offering, an offering...

I burn the way money burns. "

Anne Sexton , The Complete Poems


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Anne Sexton quote : I wear silk -- the cover to uncover --<br />because silk is what I want you to think of.<br />But I dislike the cloth. It is too stern.<br /><br />So tell me anything but track me like a climber<br />for here is the eye, here is the jewel,<br />here is the excitement the nipple learns.<br /><br />I am unbalanced -- but I am not mad with snow.<br />I am mad the way young girls are mad,<br />with an offering, an offering...<br /><br />I burn the way money burns.