Living
If I shouldn't be alive
Living
If I shouldn't be alive
When the robins come,
Give the one in red cravat
A memorial crumb.
If I couldn't thank you,
Being just asleep,
You will know I'm trying
With my granite lip!
Cite this poem
MLA
Dickinson, Emily. “If I shouldn't be alive.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/111/.
Chicago
Dickinson, Emily. “If I shouldn't be alive.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/111/.
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