“Every woman adores a Fascist,The boot in the face, the bruteBrute heart of a brute like you.–-from "Daddy", written 12 October 1962”

“I used to pray to recover you.--from "Daddy", written 12 October 1962”

“At twenty I tried to dieAnd get back, back, back to you.I thought even the bones would do.--from "Daddy", written 12 October 1962”

“I am myself. That is not enough.--from "The Jailer", written 17 October 1962”

“O love, how did you get here?--from "Nick and the Candlestick", written 29 October 1962”

“I have taken a pill to killThe thinPapery feeling.--from "Cut", written 24 October 1962”

“They had to call and callAnd pick the worms off me like sticky pearls.--From the poem "Lady Lazarus", written 23-29 October 1962”