Between the form of Life and Life
The difference is as big
As Liquor at the Lip between
And Liquor in the Jug
The latter -- excellent to keep --
But for ecstatic need
The corkless is superior --
I know for I have tried
Classic poem
Between the form of Life and Life
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- Between the form of Life and Life
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- Emily Dickinson
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