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Emily Dickinson

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An Antiquated Tree
Is cherished of the Crow
Because that Junior Foliage is disrespectful now
To venerable Birds
Whose Corporation Coat
Would decorate Oblivion’s
Remotest Consulate.

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From The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson | Written c. 1881

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