The Mind

I pay in satin cash—

by Emily Dickinson 1830–1886

From Further Poems of Emily Dickinson (1929)

The Mind

I pay in satin cash—
You did not state your price,
A petal for a paragraph
Is near as I can guess.

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Dickinson, Emily. “I pay in satin cash—.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/515/.

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