I heard a Fly buzz - when I died

Emily Dickinson

1830 to 1886

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