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Surgeons must be very careful When they take the knife! Underneath their fine incisions Stirs the Culprit-Life!

Emily Dickinson

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Emily Dickinson
Age: 55 †
Born: 1830
Born: December 10
Died: 1886
Died: May 15
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Emily Elizabeth Dickinson
Ai-mi-li Ti-chin-sen
Emilia Dickinson
Emily Dickinson
Knives
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Careful
Culprit
Fine
Stirs
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Take
Surgeons
Must
Underneath
Life
Knife

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