That sacred Closet when you sweep —
Entitled “Memory” —
Select a reverential Broom —
And do it silently.
‘Twill be a Labor of surprise —
Besides Identity
Of other Interlocutors
A probability —
August the Dust of that Domain —
Unchallenged — let it lie —
You cannot supersede itself
But it can silence you —
(Emily Dickinson)
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