What If I Say I Shall Not Wait?

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Title:     What If I Say I Shall Not Wait?
Author: Emily Dickinson [More Titles by Dickinson]

What if I say I shall not wait?
What if I burst the fleshly gate
And pass, escaped, to thee?
What if I file this mortal off,
See where it hurt me, -- that 's enough, --
And wade in liberty?

They cannot take us any more, --
Dungeons may call, and guns implore;
Unmeaning now, to me,
As laughter was an hour ago,
Or laces, or a travelling show,
Or who died yesterday!

[The end]
Emily Dickinson's poem: What If I Say I Shall Not Wait?

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