I noticed People disappeared
I noticed People disappeared When but a little child -- Supposed they visited remote Or settled Regions wild -- But did because they died A Fact withheld the little child --
Emily Dickinson
I noticed People disappeared When but a little child -- Supposed they visited remote Or settled Regions wild -- But did because they died A Fact withheld the little child --
From the perspective of an adult looking back, a speaker remembers how, as a small child, she noticed people would suddenly vanish from her life. She didn’t have the concept of death, so she invented a story: they had simply moved away to far-off, untamed places.
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