The pedigree of Honey
Does not concern the Bee,
Nor lineage of Ecstasy
Delay the Butterfly
On spangle journeys to the peak
Of some perceiveless thing —
The right of way to Tripoli
A more essential thing.
—
The Pedigree of Honey
Does not concern the Bee —
A Clover, any time, to him,
Is Aristocracy —
(Emily Dickinson)
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