Poem A Day

Between the form of Life and Life

by Emily Dickinson

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

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