# Welcome to Rinkers.com # # I Heard a Fly Buzz When I Died # # I heard a Fly buzz -- when I died # The Stillness in the Room # Was like the Stillness in Air -- # Between the Heaves of Storm -- # # The Eyes around -- had wrung them dry # And Breaths were gathering firm # For that last Onset -- when the King # Be witnessed -- in the Room # # I willed my Keepsakes -- Signed away # What portion of me be # Assignable -- and then it was # There interposed a Fly # # With Blue -- uncertain -- stumbling Buzz -- # Between the light -- and me -- # And then the windows failed -- and then # I could not see to see # # by Emily Dickenson