Locked Doors

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However, there is a locked room up there with an iron door that can’t be opened.

It has all your bad dreams in it.

It is hell.

Some say the devil locks the door from the inside.

Some say the angels locked it from the outside.

The people inside have no water and are never allowed to touch.

They crack like macadam.

They are mute.

They do not cry help except inside where their hearts are covered with grubs.

– Anne Sexton, “Locked Doors”

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