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Emily Dickinson

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We do not know the time we lose—
The awful moment is
And takes its fundamental place
Among the certainties—

A firm appearance still inflates
The card—the chance—the friend—
The spectre of solidities
Whose substances are sand—

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From The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson | Written c. 1867

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