“What did my arms do before they held you?”

— Sylvia Plath

"Three Women: A Poem for Three Voices" http://www.angelfire.com/tn/plath/3women.html (1962), a radio play published in 1968
Variant: What did my fingers do before they held him?
What did my heart do, with its love?
Source: The Collected Poems

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American poet, novelist and short story writer 1932–1963

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