Wednesday, October 26, 2016
Dear Emily
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H. L.
I taste a liquor never brewed - Wikipedia
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"I taste a liquor never brewed" is a lyrical poem written by Emily Dickinson first published in the Springfield Daily Republican of 4 May 1861 from a now lost copy.
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Dear Emily
How could one taste a liquid never brewed
even if soluble in water or oil?
And on it there's no way you could have gotten stewed
enough to become less poet and more naughty girl.
For it is unfortunately true
that if from more potent drinks you abstain
to only get kicks from dew
may mean that you might then remain
both sober and virginal too.
Yet listen -- the outcome could have been worse
for your offspring now survive numerous in verse
with words chosen with such lapidary skill
that they still for us shine and glisten-- and always will.
HzL
10/26/16
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