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A happy lip – breaks sudden –
It doesn’t state you how
It contemplated – smiling –
Just consummated – now –
But this one, wears its merriment
So patient – like a pain –
Fresh gilded – to elude the eyes
Unqualified, to scan –
(Emily Dickinson)
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