I heard a Fly buzz - when I died
Emily Dickinson
1830 to 1886
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I heard a Fly buzz - when I died -
The Stillness in the Room
Was like the Stillness ______ the Air -
Between the Heaves of Storm -
______ Eyes around - had wrung them dry -
And ______ were gathering firm
For that last Onset - when ______ King
Be witnessed - in the Room -
I ______ my Keepsakes - Signed away
What portion of me ______
Assignable - and then it was
There interposed a ______ -
With Blue - uncertain - stumbling Buzz -
______ the light - and me -
And then the ______ failed - and then
I could not see to ______ -