“In my sights I carve him
like a sculptor. I mold out
his last look at everyone.
I carry his eyes and his
brain bone at every position.
I know his male sex and I do
march over him with my index finger.
His mouth and his anus are one.
I am at the center of feeling.”

—  Anne Sexton , book The Book of Folly

"The Assassin"
The Book of Folly (1972)

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