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The first Day that I was a Life

Emily Dickinson·1830–1886
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The first Day that I was a LifeI recollect it -- How still --That last Day that I was a LifeI recollect it -- as well -- 'Twas stiller -- though the firstWas still --"Twas empty -- but the firstWas full -- This -- was my finallest Occasion --But thenMy tenderer ExperimentToward Men -- "Which choose I"?That -- I cannot say --"Which choose They"?Question Memory!