“One need not be a Chamber — to be Haunted –” by Emily Dickinson:
One need not be a Chamber — to be Haunted –
One need not be a House –
The Brain has Corridors — surpassing
Material Place –Far safer, of a Midnight Meeting
External Ghost
Than its interior Confronting –
That Cooler Host.Far safer, through an Abbey gallop,
The Stones a’chase –
Than Unarmed, one’s a’self encounter –
In lonesome Place –Ourself behind ourself, concealed –
Should startle most –
Assassin hid in our Apartment
Be Horror’s least.The Body — borrows a Revolver –
He bolts the Door –
O’erlooking a superior spectre –
Or More –
Said