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A poem of draining life
was Dickinson's delight.
She once wrote,
A poem is a poem if
hearing it
makes all strength to leave;
& puts our nature in a freeze,
like removing the cranial cap
with an emotional thunderclap.
One day I heard such a poem,
like nothing heard before,
chilling my blood and bone.
Sliced to the very core.
Silenced to a statue,
I had to pull off the road,
it su...
Friday 25th June 2021 6:37 pm
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