Is Heaven a Physician?
Is Heaven a Physician? They say that He can heal -- But Medicine Posthumous Is unavailable -- Is Heaven an Exchequer? They speak of what we owe -- But that negotiation I'm not a Party to --
Emily Dickinson
Is Heaven a Physician? They say that He can heal -- But Medicine Posthumous Is unavailable -- Is Heaven an Exchequer? They speak of what we owe -- But that negotiation I'm not a Party to --
The speaker poses two pointed, almost childlike questions. First, she asks if Heaven is a doctor. People say God can heal, but a cure that only comes after death isn’t much use to the living. Then she wonders if Heaven is a sort of heavenly bank, demanding payment for what we owe.
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