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Size circumscribes-it has no room

by Emily Dickinson

Emily Dickinson

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Size circumscribes-it has no room
For petty furniture-
The Giant tolerates no Gnat
For Ease of Gianture-

Repudiates it, all the more-
Because intrinsic size
Ignores the possibility
Of Calumnies-or Flies.




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