Which is the best -- the Moon or the Crescent?
Which is the best -- the Moon or the Crescent?
Emily Dickinson
Which is the best -- the Moon or the Crescent?
Neither -- said the Moon --
That is best which is not -- Achieve it --
You efface the Sheen.
Not of detention is Fruition --
Shudder to attain.
Transport's decomposition follows --
He is Prism born.
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