Sexton

Famous quotes containing the word sexton:

“He gets red roses in different places,
the head, that time he was as sleepy as a river,
the back, that time he was a broken scarecrow,
the arm like a diamond had bitten it,
the leg, twisted like a licorice stick....”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)

“grown fully, as they say,
they gave her a ring,
and she wore it like a root
and said to herself,
“To be not loved is the human condition,”
and lay like a statue in her bed.”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)

“Spine hog,
how do you grow?
Little steel wings
that stick into me.
Knitting needles
that stick into me.”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)