I heard a Fly buzz - when I died
Emily Dickinson
1830 to 1886
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I heard a Fly buzz - when I died -
The Stillness in the Room
Was like the Stillness the Air -
Between the Heaves of Storm -
Eyes around - had wrung them dry -
And were gathering firm
For that last Onset - when King
Be witnessed - in the Room -
I my Keepsakes - Signed away
What portion of me
Assignable - and then it was
There interposed a -
With Blue - uncertain - stumbling Buzz -
the light - and me -
And then the failed - and then
I could not see to -