The Mind
The zeros taught us phosphorus,
From Further Poems of Emily Dickinson (1929)
The Mind
The zeros taught us phosphorus,
We learned to like the fire
By handling glaciers when a boy,
And tinder guessed by power
Of opposite to equal ought,
Eclipses sums imply,
Paralysis our primer numb
Unto vitality.
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