The first Day that I was a Life
I recollect it — How still —
That last Day that I was a Life
I recollect it — as well —
‘Twas stiller — though the first
Was still —
“Twas empty — but the first
Was full —
This — was my finallest Occasion —
But then
My tenderer Experiment
Toward Men —
“Which choose I”?
That — I cannot say —
“Which choose They”?
Question Memory!
(Emily Dickinson)
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