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GLOCK
Emily Dickinson
(c. 1863)
My Life had stood - a Loaded Gun
-
In Corners - till a Day
The Owner passed - identified -
And carried Me away -
And now We roam in Sovereign Woods -
And now We hunt the Doe -
And every time I speak for Him -
The Mountains straight reply -
And when at Night - Our good Day done -
I guard My Master's Head -
'Tis better than the Eider-Duck's
Deep Pillow - to have shared -
Though I than He -- may longer live
He longer must -- than I --
For I have but the power to kill,
Without -- the power to die --
And do I smile, such cordial light
Upon the Valley glow --
It is as a Vesuvian face
Had let it's pleasure through --
To foe of His --
I'm deadly foe --
None stir the second
time --
On whom I lay a Yellow Eye -
     Or an emphatic Thumb --