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The Rat

Emily Elizabeth Dickinson

The rat is the concisest tenant.
He pays no rent, --
Repudiates the obligation,
On schemes intent.

Balking our wit
To sound or circumvent,
Hate cannot harm
A foe so reticent.

Neither decree
Prohibits him,
Lawful as
Equilibrium.

(C) Emily Elizabeth Dickinson
03/10/2020


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