Reportless Subjects to the Quick

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Reportless Subjects to the Quick by Emily Dickinson

 Reportless Subjects, to the Quick
Continual addressed --
But foreign as the Dialect
Of Danes, unto the rest.

Reportless Measures, to the Ear
Susceptive -- stimulus --
But like an Oriental Tale
To others, fabulous --

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