Lyric Poem · Sad
Undue Significance a starving man attaches
Undue Significance a starving man attaches
To Food —
Far off — He sighs — and therefore — Hopeless —
And therefore — Good —
Partaken — it relieves — indeed —
But proves us
That Spices fly
In the Receipt — It was the Distance —
Was Savory —
This poem is in the public domain.
“Undue Significance a starving man attaches” by Emily Dickinson — quilloak.com/poems/undue-significance-a-starving-man-attaches
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