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Lyric Poem · Death & Loss

Do People moulder equally

by Emily Dickinson

Do People moulder equally,

They bury, in the Grave?

I do believe a Species

As positively live

As I, who testify it

Deny that I — am dead —

And fill my Lungs, for Witness —

From Tanks — above my Head —

I say to you, said Jesus —

That there be standing here —

A Sort, that shall not taste of Death —

If Jesus was sincere —

I need no further Argue —

That statement of the Lord

Is not a controvertible —

He told me, Death was dead —

This poem is in the public domain.

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