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20​.​12​.​13. Returning (E. Dickinson)

from XX: Altered by zminusone

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I years had been from home,
And now before -- now before,
And now before the door,
I dared not open, lest a face
I never saw -- never saw
I never saw before

Stare vacant into mine
And ask my business -- ask my business
and ask my business there.
My business, -- just a life I left,
Was such still dwelling -- was still dwelling,
Was such still dwelling there?

I fumbled at my nerve,
I scanned the windows -- scanned the windows
I scanned the windows near;
The silence like an ocean rolled,
And broke against -- broke against
And broke against my ear.

I laughed a wooden laugh
That I could fear -- I could fear
That I could fear a door,
Who danger and the dead had faced,
But never quaked -- never quaked
But never quaked before.

I fitted to the latch
My hand, with trembling -- with trembling
My hand, with trembling care,
Lest back the awful door should spring,
And leave me standing -- leave me standing
And leave me standing there.

I moved my fingers off
As cautiously -- as cautiously
As cautiously as glass,
And held my ears, and like a thief
Fled gasping from my home
I never saw before.

Based on "Returning" by Emily Dickinson

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from XX: Altered, released December 1, 2020

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