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Her smile was shaped like other smiles-
The Dimples ran along-
And still it hurt you, as some Bird
Did hoist herself, to sing,
Then recollect a Ball, she got-
And hold upon the Twig,
Convulsive, while the Music broke-
Like Beads-among the Bog-
(Emily Dickinson)
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