"They shut me up in Prose -" (445)

They shut me up in Prose -

As when a little Girl

They put me in the Closet -

Because they liked me “still” -

Still! Could themself have peeped -

And seen my Brain - go round -

They might as wise have lodged a Bird

For Treason - in the Pound -

Himself has but to will

And easy as a Star

Look down opon Captivity -

And laugh - No more have I -

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12 lines · 3 stanzas