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Fire

Emily Elizabeth Dickinson

Ashes denote that fire was;
Respect the grayest pile
For the departed creature's sake
That hovered there awhile.

Fire exists the first in light,
And then consolidates, --
Only the chemist can disclose
Into what carbonates.

(C) Emily Elizabeth Dickinson
03/11/2020


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