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The Ditch is dear to the Drunken man

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The Ditch is dear to the Drunken man by Emily Dickinson

 The Ditch is dear to the Drunken man
For is it not his Bed --
His Advocate -- his Edifice?
How safe his fallen Head
In her disheveled Sanctity --
Above him is the sky --
Oblivion bending over him
And Honor leagues away.

Form: Free verse

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