r/OldSchoolCool Jul 27 '26

1950s Sylvia Plath in happier times, early 1950s

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u/JessyKenning Jul 28 '26

Herr God, Her lucifer beware beware. Out of the ash I rise with my red hair, and I eat men like air.

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u/WeNotAmBeIs Jul 28 '26

Dying is an art, like everything else I do it exceptionally well.

(This was the first thing I ever read that moved me to tears as a 13 year old)