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You cannot put a Fire out —
by Emily 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 —
You cannot even die
But Nature and Mankind
must pause
To pay you scrutiny —
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