~I’m Nobody! Who are you?
Are you – Nobody – too?
Then there’s a pair of us!
Don’t tell! they’d advertise – you know!
Are you – Nobody – too?
Then there’s a pair of us!
Don’t tell! they’d advertise – you know!
How dreary – to be – Somebody!
How public – like a Frog –
To tell one’s name – the livelong June –
To an admiring Bog!*~
Emily Dickinson, 1830 - 1886
How public – like a Frog –
To tell one’s name – the livelong June –
To an admiring Bog!*~
Emily Dickinson, 1830 - 1886
bog
[bäɡ, bôɡ]
VERB
- cause (a vehicle, person, or animal) to become stuck in mud or wet ground:"the car became bogged down on the beach road"
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