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Absence Reshapes Perception

Dickinson’s very short poem argues that revelation is not withheld; rather, our eyes are "unfurnished" and therefore unable to receive what’s already present. It frames limitation as internal lack of readiness or habit of perception, suggesting that insight depends on preparing and educating attention. The poem compresses a philosophical claim about perception: truths exist but require cultivated seeing, not miraculous disclosure.