A Slash Of Blue

By Emily Dickinson

A slash of Blue
A sweep of Gray
Some scarlet patches on the way, Compose an Evening Sky
A little purple slipped between
Some Ruby Trousers hurried on .A Wave of Gold
A Bank of Day
This just makes out the Morning Sky.

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