Emily Dickinson

Life LXIV: He preached upon “breadth” (1207)

Part One: Life

 

LXIV

 
HE preached upon “breadth” till it argued him narrow—
The broad are too broad to define:
And of “truth” until it proclaimed him a liar—
The truth never flaunted a sign.
 
Simplicity fled from his counterfeit presence
As gold the pyrites would shun.
What confusion would cover the innocent Jesus
To meet so enabled a man!
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