Sunset at Night—is natural, by Emily Dickinson

Emily Dickinson

Sunset at Night—is natural

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Sunset at Night—is natural—

But Sunset on the Dawn

Reverses Nature—Master—

So Midnight’s—due—at Noon.

Eclipses be—predicted—

And Science bows them in—

But do one face us suddenly—

Jehovah’s Watch—is wrong.

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Sunset at Night—is natural

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