She slept beneath a tree —
Remembered but by me.
I touched her Cradle mute —
She recognized the foot —
Put on her carmine suit
And see!
Remembered but by me.
I touched her Cradle mute —
She recognized the foot —
Put on her carmine suit
And see!
Emily Dickinson
Cochineal
She slept beneath a tree —
Remembered by me alone.
I touched her silent Shell——
She perceived with the foot —
I put on her carmine suit
Lo and behold!
Remembered by me alone.
I touched her silent Shell——
She perceived with the foot —
I put on her carmine suit
Lo and behold!
Today Emily is in Mexico? She crushes cochineal feeding on Cacti. Her dress is dyed red!
The photograph above shows soft-shelled Cochineal, from which carmine pigment is produced.
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