You cannot put a Fire out—

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5765You cannot put a Fire out — — 530Emily Dickinson

You cannot put a Fire out —
A Thing that can ignite
Can go, itself, without a Fan —
Upon the slowest Night —

You cannot fold a Flood —
And put it in a Drawer —
Because the Winds would find it out —
And tell your Cedar Floor —


Poetry by Emily Dickinson (edit list):
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