We talked death with burned-up intensity, both of us drawn to it like moths to an electric light bulb. Sucking on it! (Anne Sexton)

We talked death with burned-up intensity, both of us drawn to it like moths to an electric light bulb. Sucking on it!

Anne Sexton

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