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I breathed enough to take the Trick—

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I breathed enough to take the Trick — (1896)
by Emily Dickinson
272
5322I breathed enough to take the Trick — — 272Emily Dickinson

I breathed enough to take the Trick —
And now, removed from Air —
I simulate the Breath, so well —
That One, to be quite sure —

The Lungs are stirless — must descend
Among the Cunning Cells —
And touch the Pantomine — Himself,
How numb, the Bellows feels!

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