I Had Been Hungry All The Years- Poem by Emily Dickinson

I Had Been Hungry All The Years-

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I had been hungry all the years-
My noon had come, to dine-
I, trembling, drew the table near
And touched the curious wine.

'T was this on tables I had seen
When turning, hungry, lone,
I looked in windows, for the wealth
I could not hope to own.

I did not know the ample bread,
'T was so unlike the crumb
The birds and I had often shared
In Nature's dining-room.

The plenty hurt me, 't was so new,--
Myself felt ill and odd,
As berry of a mountain bush
Transplanted to the road.

Nor was I hungry; so I found
That hunger was a way
Of persons outside windows,
The entering takes away.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
* Sunprincess * 05 June 2016

......beautifully relates to a door just opened on a street ★

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Emily Dickinson

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Amherst / Massachusetts
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