The Lost Thought

Emily Dickinson

1830 to 1886

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The thought behind I strove to join
Like balls upon a floor.
Unto the thought before,
But sequence ravelled out of reach
As if my brain had split;
But could not make them fit.
I felt a clearing in my mind
I tried to match it, seam by seam,

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