Her suicide note read..
'Ted. Your lover is in the oven. Love Sylvia'
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Wed 17 Dec 2003, 11:55,
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If it was proper poetry, it would be:
"Ted. Your
lover is in
the
oven. Love
Sylvia"
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Wed 17 Dec 2003, 11:58,
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lover is in
the
oven. Love
Sylvia"
She was a bit fixated with Nazi imagery
Platho spent a lot of time banging on about her Dad and Hitler ('Daddy') and the Holocaust ('Munich Mannequins', 'Ariel'). Lots of comparing her depression to Nazi/ Jewish history. I know there's some sort of poetic intention there, and it shouldn't be taken literally, but it's all a bit distasteful, really, but there you go.
Phew, glad of that lit degree now. Most useful it's been...
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Wed 17 Dec 2003, 12:17,
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Phew, glad of that lit degree now. Most useful it's been...