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418 "Because I could not stop for Death" by Emily Dickinson

The History of Literature

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I Can Not Stop for the Fiend

i was trying to pretend he didn't exist, hoping that maybe he was just some random kid. But of course, he worked for this guy and escorted me straight to the fiend i was trying to avoid. Once i got there, i had to sit with all the travellers wo had been rounded up at the bus top. The people i was tryingto out smart by getting out early, they were all there too. And they kind of, they kind of chuckled to see me being brought in, the smarty pants with the lonely planet book who was trying to cheat the system. Did not work, because i could not stop for the fiend. He kindly stopped for me.

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