He scanned it -- staggered --
Dropped the Loop
To Past or Period --
Caught helpless at a sense as if
His Mind were going blind --

Groped up, to see if God was there --
Groped backward at Himself
Caressed a Trigger absently
And wandered out of Life.

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Poet: Emily Dickinson (Emily Dickinson Art)
Poem: 1062. He scanned it -- staggered --
Volume: Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
Year: Published/Written in 1955
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