A Punctual October

A page of poetry by Emily Dickinson. Some words of the poem are blacked out in marker. Nametag stickers are placed onto the page, each one reading "HELLO, I'M TEXT." The poem's title is handwritten at the top.

By Tabassam Shah @tabassamshahpoetry

A Punctual October
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V

On this long storm,
On this late morn;
The clouds,
Horizons straggled.

The birds rose
The gales done;
The heedless eyes
the summer done!

The quiet
can bestir not
The slow arch
HELLO, I’M TEXT

VI

My color eases
I feel the air;
A dim capacity for winging it
Degrades the rear view

A power must be
to fly,
Meadows conede
And sweep sky.

So I must hint
the sign,
And make blunder,
HELLO, I’M TEXT