Poem A Day

The first Day that I was a Life

by Emily Dickinson

The first Day that I was a Life

I recollect it -- How still --

That last Day that I was a Life

I recollect it -- as well --

'Twas stiller -- though the first

Was still --

"Twas empty -- but the first

Was full --

This -- was my finallest Occasion --

But then

My tenderer Experiment

Toward Men --

"Which choose I"?

That -- I cannot say --

"Which choose They"?

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