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A sepal, petal, and a thorn

by Emily Dickinson

Emily Dickinson

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A sepal, petal, and a thorn
Upon a common summer's morn -
A flask of Dew - A Bee or two -
A Breeze - a caper in the trees -
And I'm a Rose!




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