Denial — is the only fact
Perceived by the Denied —
Whose Will — a numb significance —
The Day the Heaven died —
And all the Earth strove common round —
Without Delight, or Beam —
What Comfort was it Wisdom — was —
The spoiler of Our Home?
(Emily Dickinson)
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