To make One’s Toilette — after Death
Has made the Toilette cool
Of only Taste we cared to please
Is difficult, and still —
That’s easier — than Braid the Hair —
And make the Bodice gay —
When eyes that fondled it are wrenched
By Decalogues — away —
(Emily Dickinson)
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