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Classic poem

How much the present moment means

by Emily Dickinson

How much the present moment means

To those who've nothing more --

The Fop -- the Carp -- the Atheist --

Stake an entire store

Upon a Moment's shallow Rim

While their commuted Feet

The Torrents of Eternity

Do all but inundate --

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