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I Felt A Cleaving In My Mind

Emily Dickinson

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I felt a Cleaving in my Mind-
As if my Brain had split-
I tried to match it-Seam by Seam-
But could not make it fit.

The thought behind, I strove to join
Unto the thought before-
But Sequence ravelled out of Sound
Like Balls-upon a Floor.

(C) Emily Dickinson
01/01/2000


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