A 866: etext transcription

This brief extrageneric fragment, written against the blue-rule of the stationery, arises on the same surface as the fragmentary remains of a message composed in brown ink in an unidentified hand. Dickinson's final intentions toward this text remain unknown. It may have been destined for incorporation into a poem, a letter, or a longer pensée; alternatively, it may be an experiment in aphoristic form.