To make Ones Toilette -- after Death

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To make Ones Toilette -- after Death by Emily Dickinson

 To make One's Toilette -- after Death
Has made the Toilette cool
Of only Taste we cared to please
Is difficult, and still --

That's easier -- than Braid the Hair --
And make the Bodice gay --
When eyes that fondled it are wrenched
By Decalogues -- away --

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