Further Poems of Emily Dickinson/The popular Heart is a

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THE popular Heart is a
Cannon first,
Subsequent a drum;
Bells for an auxiliary
And an afterward of rum.

Not a to-morrow to know its name,
Nor a past to stare,
Ditches for realms and
A trip to jail
For a souvenir!

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