The Mind
There is a pain so utter
From Further Poems of Emily Dickinson (1929)
The Mind
There is a pain so utter
It swallows Being up,
Then covers the abyss with trance
So memory can step
Around, across, upon it,
As One within a swoon
Goes steady, when an open eye
Would drop him bone by bone.
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Dickinson, Emily. “There is a pain so utter.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/600/.
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Dickinson, Emily. “There is a pain so utter.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/600/.
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