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ananda

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7. And Emily Dickinson really resonates on madness and oppression.

Reply to ShazzieB (Reply #4)

Sat Aug 2, 2025, 05:58 AM

Aug 2025

Much madness is divinest sense
To a discerning eye.
Much sense the starkest madness
Tis the majority in this as all preval.
Assent and you are sane.
Demur you're straightway dangerous
And handled with a chain.

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