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We dream _ it is good we are dreaming __t would hurt us _ were we awake __ut since it is playing _ kill us,And we are playing _ shriek __hat harm? Men die _ externally __t is a truth _ of Blood __ut we _ are dying in Drama __nd Drama _ is never dead __autious _ We jar each other __nd either _ open the eyes __est the Phantasm _ prove the Mistake __nd the livid SurpriseCool us to Shafts of Granite __ith just an Age _ and Name __nd perhaps a phrase in Egyptian __t's prudenter _ to dream _
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We dream _ it is good we are dreaming __t would hurt us _ were we awake __ut since it is playing _ kill us,And we are playing _ shriek __hat harm? Men die _ externally __t is a truth _ of Blood __ut we _ are dying in Drama __nd Drama _ is never dead __autious _ We jar each other __nd either _ open the eyes __est the Phantasm _ prove the Mistake __nd the livid SurpriseCool us to Shafts of Granite __ith just an Age _ and Name __nd perhaps a phrase in Egyptian __t's prudenter _ to dream _
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Final Harvest: Emily Dickinson's Poems

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