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There's been a Death, in the Opposite House,
As lately as Today-
I know it, by the numb look
Such Houses have-alway-
The Neighbors rustle in and out-
The Doctor-drives away-
A Window opens like a Pod-
Abrupt-mechanically-
Somebody flings a Mattress out-
The Children hurry by-
They wonder if it died-on that-
I used to-when a Boy-
The Minister-goes stiffly in-
As if the House were His-
And He owned all the Mourners-now-
And little Boys-besides-
And then the Milliner-and the Man
Of the Appalling Trade-
To take the measure of the House-
There'll be that Dark Parade-
Of Tassels-and of Coaches-soon-
It's easy as a Sign-
The Intuition of the News-
In just a Country Town-
There's Been A Death, In The Opposite House
Emily Dickinson
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