Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
Pain has but one Acquaintance

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Pain has but one Acquaintance
And that is Death—
Each one unto the other
Society enough.

Pain is the Junior Party
By just a Second’s right—
Death tenderly assists Him
And then absconds from Sight.

 
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