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Emily Dickinson · Poems

Poem 136 of 446 · Second Series: Life

Poem 21

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Is Heaven a physician?
They say that He can heal,
But medicine posthumous
Is unavailable.

Is Heaven an exchequer?
They speak of what we owe;
But that negotiation
I 'm not a party to.

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