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Themself are all I have --

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Themself are all I have -- by Emily Dickinson

 Themself are all I have --
Myself a freckled -- be --
I thought you'd choose a Velvet Cheek
Or one of Ivory --
Would you -- instead of Me?

Form: Lyric

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