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In case anyone is feeling lazy.. [Snip]

Thanks so much for your insightful reply! I don't know anything about either Carson McCullers or Anne Sexton, so thanks for pointing me in their direction. You're right, drowning isn't mentioned, but I think drowning (or jumping from a bridge) is hinted at: "you said you had a crying bench and...

It is one of my most favourite of Buk's poems. Someone suggested to me Sylvia Plath - the timeframe could work out, but the details don't match (France, not England, and (I presume) drowning, rather than gas). However, he does suggest that the poem is almost made up, also suggesting that it is...