Sleep is supposed to be
"Sleep is supposed to be" is a short poem that questions what we think we know about sleep and morning. Emily Dickinson begins with the everyday idea of sleep as the shutting of the eye, then turns it into a grand station lined with silent witnesses. Dawn follows, but not the ordinary kind: the real morning lies east of eternity, arriving with banners and red array. The poem is compact, strange and quietly dazzling, and it leaves you looking at every sunrise differently.
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