'Tis customary as we part

by Emily Dickinson

Emily Dickinson

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'Tis customary as we part
A trinket - to confer -
It helps to stimulate the faith
When Lovers be afar -

'Tis various - as the various taste -
Clematis - journeying far -
Presents me with a single Curl
Of her Electric Hair -





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