I heard a Fly buzz - when I died
Emily Dickinson
1830 to 1886
Track 1
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Be witnessed - in the Room -
Was like the Stillness in the Air -
I could not see to see -
The Eyes around - had wrung them dry -
The Stillness in the Room
I heard a Fly buzz - when I died -
Between the light - and me -
What portion of me be
And then the Windows failed - and then
There interposed a Fly -
With Blue - uncertain - stumbling Buzz -
Assignable - and then it was
I willed my Keepsakes - Signed away
And Breaths were gathering firm
For that last Onset - when the King
Between the Heaves of Storm -
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