"Turn the key deftly in the oiled wards"
Menashe, Keats, Dickinson, Levis, Kunitz
Samuel Menashe:
John Keats:
Emily Dickinson:
The Suburbs / of a Secret / A Strategist / should keep - / Better than / on a Dream /
intrude / To scrutinize / the Sleep - / Emily
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