• Dying
• Is an art, like everything else.
• I do it exceptionally well.
• [...]
• Herr God, Herr Lucifer
• Beware
• Beware.

— plath, 42-45 / 79-81 lady lazarus

• I didn’t want any flowers, I only wanted
• To lie with my hands turned up and be utterly empty.
• How free it is, you have no idea how free——

— plath, 28-31 tulips