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Emily Dickinson

1101

Between the form of Life and Life
The difference is as big
As Liquor at the Lip between
And Liquor in the Jug
The latter—excellent to keep—
But for ecstatic need
The corkless is superior—
I know for I have tried

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From The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson | Written c. 1866

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