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Barbara Penn
B. Penn
320: We play at Paste –
320
We play at paste –
Till qualified, for Pearl –
Then, drop the Paste –
And deem ourself a fool –
The Shapes – though – were similar –
And our new hands
Learned Gem-Tactics –
Practicing Sands –
c. 1862 1891
by Emily Dickinson
from The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
edited by Thomas H. Johnson
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