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We were fair game but we have kept out of the cesspool. We are strong. We are the good ones. Do not discover us for we lie together all in green like pond weeds. Hold me, my young dear, hold me.
We were fair game but we have kept out of the cesspool. We are strong. We are the good ones. Do not discover us for we lie together all in green like pond weeds. Hold me, my young dear, hold me.
Approximate author period: c. 1951 AD · modern
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- Anne Sexton
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- Approximate author period: c. 1951 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Anne Sexton: life dates 1928 to 1974. Wikidata Q270728, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q270728 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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