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How The Waters Closed Above Him

Emily Dickinson

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How the Waters closed above Him
We shall never know-
How He stretched His Anguish to us
That-is covered too-

Spreads the Pond Her Base of Lilies
Bold above the Boy
Whose unclaimed Hat and Jacket
Sum the History-

(C) Emily Dickinson
01/01/2000


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